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肥満と痩せた青年のファストフードからのエネルギー摂取の補償
Cara B Ebbeling1, Kelly B Sinclair, Mark A Pereira
1Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass 02115, USA.
JAMA
|June 17, 2004
まとめ
肥満の青年は,ファストフードを多く消費し,痩せた青少年と比較して,その高いエネルギー摂取量を補う可能性は低い. この過剰消費は,感受性の高い個人の体重増加に寄与します.
科学分野:
- 小児の栄養について
- 肥満に関する研究
- 行動科学は,行動科学である.
背景:
- ファストフードの消費の増加は,小児肥満の流行と相関しています.
- ファストフードの消費は,ポジティブなエネルギーバランスを促進し,体重増加につながる可能性があります.
- 頻度の高いファストフード消費にもかかわらず,一部の子供たちが痩せ続けている理由は不明です.
研究 の 目的:
- 肥満の青少年が,痩せた青少年よりもファストフード消費の悪影響に敏感であるかどうかを調査する.
- 体重状態がファストフードからのエネルギー摂取に影響するという仮説を検証する.
主な方法:
- 研究1:青少年たちはフードコートで"超大"のファストフードを食べました.
- 研究2:エネルギー摂取量は,自由生活条件下で4日間 (ファストフード2日,2日なし) 評価されました.
- 参加者は,13~17歳の肥満 (n=26) と痩せた (n=28) の青少年を対象とした.肥満は,BMIが85パーセントを超えると定義された.
主要な成果:
- 研究1では,肥満の青少年が,痩せた青少年 (1860 vs. 1458 kcal) よりも,ファストフードから摂取したエネルギー量が著しく高かった.
- 研究2では,肥満の青少年が,非ファストフード日と比較して,ファストフード日 (+409 kcal/d) において,総エネルギー消費量が著しく高かった.
- 痩せた青年は,ファストフードと非ファストフードの日間のエネルギー摂取量の有意な違いを示さなかった.
結論:
- 青少年,特に肥満の青少年は,ファストフードを過剰に消費する傾向があります.
- 肥満の青年は,その後の食物の消費を調整することによって,ファストフードの高いエネルギー摂取を補うことができない.
- これらの発見は,肥満の青少年が,ファストフードの体重促進効果に対してより脆弱であることを示唆しています.
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