Fast food consumption among adults in the United States, 2013-2016

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• Personal Author:
  Herrick, Kirsten A. ; Hughes, Jeffery P. ; Ahluwalia, Namanjeet ; Fryar, Cheryl D.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  • The percentage of adults who consumed fast food decreased with age: 44.9% aged 20-39, 37.7% aged 40-59, and 24.1% aged 60 and over.
  
  Key findings
  
  Suggested citation: Fryar CD, Hughes JP, Herrick KA, Ahluwalia, N. Fast food consumption among adults in the United States, 2013-2016. NCHS Data Brief, no 322. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2018
  
  • Among those who consumed fast food, men were more likely than women to eat fast food at lunch, but women were more likely to report eating fast food as a snack.
  
  • During 2013-2016, 36.6% of adults consumed fast food on a given day.
  
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  • The percentage of adults who consumed fast food increased with increasing family income.
  
  Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
  
  Fast food is a part of the American diet and has been associated with high caloric intake (1), and poor diet quality (2). Time, financial resources, price, and availability influence fast food consumption (3). This report presents data on the percentage of adults who consumed fast food on a given day in the United States during 2013-2016.
  
  • A higher percentage of non-Hispanic black adults consumed fast food than non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic Asian, and Hispanic adults.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Body Mass Index Fast Foods/adverse Effects Feeding Behavior Morbidity/trends Obesity/Epidemiology Population Surveillance
• Keywords:
  diet, restaurant, pizza, calories, NHANES
• Source:
  National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Statistics ; Report
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Topic:
  Health Statistics
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• Issue:
  322
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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