A study showed that there may be a correlation between restaurant meal consumption and diabetes.
Researchers studied type 2 diabetes in 44,072 African American women from the Black Women’s Health study to determine if Western culture’s consumption of restaurant food plays a role in the rise of the disease in Western nations.
The women ranged in age from 30-69, and none had diabetes at the start of the study. Participants completed questionnaires every two years, answering questions about the frequency of their restaurant meals versus home-cooked meals.
Over 10 years, 2,873 incident cases of type 2 diabetes were reported. A greater frequency of restaurant meal consumption (2 times per week versus none) – including Chinese food, hamburgers and fried fish and chicken – was associated with higher risk.
However, control for body-mass index (BMI) reduced the estimates, suggesting that the association can be mediated through weight gain and obesity.
The study was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
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