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Are Asian foods as "fattening" as western-styled fast foods?

ABSTRACT: In Asia, the consumption of western-styled fast foods is widely perceived as the cause of the rise in obesity and chronic disease. Twenty-five of the most popular local Asian foods were compared for energy, total fat, saturated fat, sodium, and cholesterol with twenty-nine western-styled fast foods. The comparative analysis showed no significant difference in energy (p?=?0.150) and total fat (p?=?0.346) between the two food categories. These findings suggest that many local Asian foods contribute as much energy and total fat in a single meal as western-styled fast foods. Local Asian foods had greater amounts of sodium (p?

SUBMITTER: Henry CJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7007410 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Are Asian foods as "fattening" as western-styled fast foods?

Henry Christiani Jeyakumar CJ Kaur Bhupinder B Quek Rina Yu Chin RYC

European journal of clinical nutrition 20191129 2

In Asia, the consumption of western-styled fast foods is widely perceived as the cause of the rise in obesity and chronic disease. Twenty-five of the most popular local Asian foods were compared for energy, total fat, saturated fat, sodium, and cholesterol with twenty-nine western-styled fast foods. The comparative analysis showed no significant difference in energy (p = 0.150) and total fat (p = 0.346) between the two food categories. These findings suggest that many local Asian foods contribut ...[more]

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