College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX 77341, USA.
Appetite. 2012 Oct;59(2):204-11. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.04.020. Epub 2012 May 4.
The built environment has been implicated in the development of the epidemic of obesity. We investigated the differences in the meal patterns of normal weight vs. overweight/obese individuals occurring at home vs. other locations. The location of meals and their size in free-living participants were continuously recorded for 7 consecutive days. Study 1: 81 males and 84 females recorded their intake in 7-day diet diaries and wore a belt that contained a GPS Logger to record their location continuously for 7 consecutive days. Study 2: 388 males and 621 females recorded their intake in diet diaries for 7 consecutive days. In both studies, compared to eating at home, overweight/obese participants ate larger meals away from home in both restaurants and other locations than normal weight participants. Overweight/obese individuals appear to be more responsive to environmental cues for eating away from home. This suggests that the influence of the built environment on the intake of overweight/obese individuals may contribute to the obesity epidemic.
建筑环境与肥胖症的流行有关。我们研究了正常体重与超重/肥胖个体在家中和其他地点的进餐模式差异。连续 7 天，自由生活参与者的用餐地点和餐量持续被记录。研究 1：81 名男性和 84 名女性在 7 天饮食日记中记录他们的饮食摄入量，并佩戴一个包含 GPS 记录器的腰带，连续 7 天记录他们的位置。研究 2：388 名男性和 621 名女性连续 7 天在饮食日记中记录他们的饮食摄入量。在这两项研究中，与在家中进食相比，超重/肥胖参与者在餐厅和其他地点的外出就餐餐量比正常体重参与者更大。超重/肥胖个体似乎对外出就餐的环境提示更敏感。这表明，建筑环境对超重/肥胖个体的饮食摄入的影响可能导致肥胖症的流行。
