background: studies report inappropriate snack and junk food consumption patterns in children and young adults in iran. the current survey was aimed to explore fast food consumption behaviors in high-school students based on the theory of planned behavior. materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was done among 500 high-school students. samples were selected based on cluster sampling meth...

results in this study after coding the transcribed interviews, the findings were categorized into three main themes as follows: personal views, social factors, and family factors. each theme included several categories and subcategories, and the coded sentences and phrases were placed under each category and subcategory. conclusions the results of this study showed that the number of factors pr...

conclusions in conclusion, dietary counseling of patients on hd is mandatory. interventions that consider the socio-economic situation allow delivering important messages on foods with the least amount of p and adequate protein content, and they may be a successful strategy in targeting patients at a higher risk of hyperphosphoremia. results results showed serum p level was reduced in patients ...

This study explores the growth in demand for fast food. A distinguishing characteristic of fast food is its convenience; in today's pervasive marketplace, consumers need not travel far to find a fast food outlet. This greater availability translates into a decrease in the full price of obtaining a meal, which contributes to greater consumption. Market-level data are used to estimate demand equa...

America has recently seen an increasing epidemic of diet related diseases in people of all backgrounds. However, the brunt of these health risks, especially those stemming from obesity, seem to disproportionately fall on those of lower socioeconomic status. One contributing factor is that those of lower social status simply do not have the geographic access to food stores whose products are nut...

Poor urban neighborhoods have been labeled “food deserts” with few grocery stores and mainly fast food restaurants. Alternatively, according to popular media and a few academic studies, the arrival of upscale eateries and “boutique” shopping venues is one of the most visible signs of a shift in a neighborhood’s income or demographics. Certainly some formerly low-income neighborhoods that have b...

Based on recent advancements in the behavioral priming literature, three experiments investigated how incidental exposure to fast food can induce impatient behaviors and choices outside of the eating domain. We found that even an unconscious exposure to fast-food symbols can automatically increase participants' reading speed when they are under no time pressure and that thinking about fast food...