Eating fast food at least once a week increases preschool childens’ risk of overweight 55 percent

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Children 2- to 5.9-years-old who ate at fast food restaurants at least once a week were 55 percent more likely to be overweight than than those who ate there less than once a week according to a study from Harvard. REFERENCE

Taveras E, Sandora T, Shih M, Ross-Degnan D, Goldmann D, Gillman M. The association of television and video viewing with fast food intake by preschool-age children. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2006 Nov, 14(11):2034-41.

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Elsie Taveras
Center for Child Health Care Studies
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School
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