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Does Eating-Away-from-Home Increase the Risk of a Metabolic Syndrome Diagnosis?

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  • Hui Wang

    (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210011, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Yingjie Yu

    (Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Beijing Research Center for Preventive Medicine, Beijing 100034, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Xu Tian

    (College of Economics and Management, China Center for Food Security Studies, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China)

Abstract

Rising frequency of eating-away-from-home (EAFH) is suspected to be correlated with several non-communicable diseases. This study adopted the Chinese Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) 2009 data to investigate the association between being diagnosed with the metabolic syndrome (MetS) and EAFH at different ages. Results showed that the association between EAFH and MetS varied at different ages and differed for males and females. EAFH was positively associated with a higher risk of getting MetS for males, especially for those aged between 45 and 60; while it was negatively associated with the risk of getting MetS for young females (<45) (all p < 0.05). In particular, EAFH was associated with a lower risk of getting high serum triglycerides (TGs), abdominal adiposity, elevated blood pressure, and impaired fasting blood glucose for young females, while higher risk of high serum TGs, abdominal adiposity, elevated blood pressure, and impaired fasting blood glucose for middle-aged males (all p < 0.05). In addition, a higher frequency of EAFH was associated with a higher risk of abdominal adiposity and elevated blood pressure for older women, and a lower risk of elevated blood pressure, and impaired fasting blood glucose for younger men (all p < 0.05). Our study implies that heterogeneous target strategies for preventing MetS in different subpopulation should be considered.

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  • Hui Wang & Yingjie Yu & Xu Tian, 2019. "Does Eating-Away-from-Home Increase the Risk of a Metabolic Syndrome Diagnosis?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(4), pages 1-14, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:4:p:575-:d:206475
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