Department of Clinical Laboratory and Food Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 3-6, Traian Vuia Street, Sector 2, 020956 Bucharest, Romania.
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, "Ovidius" University of Constanta, 900527 Constanta, Romania.
Nutrients. 2024 Jun 5;16(11):1769. doi: 10.3390/nu16111769.
The long-term consumption of junk food products can lead to nutritional and metabolic imbalances, especially when it is associated with a lack of physical activity and the consumption of alcohol or other high-calorie products.
The evaluation of junk food consumption among teenagers and young people in Romania was carried out with the help of a cross-sectional study based on a questionnaire.
A total number of 1017 respondents participated in this study, comprising 470 males and 547 females aged between 16 and 25 years. Although the majority of young people fell into the normal-weight category (607 of them, < 0.0001), some aspects can be noted that in the long term can produce a series of nutritional imbalances: an increased tendency toward sedentarism, with 553 ( = 0.613) of the respondents declaring that they performed sports rarely or not at all, and a tendency toward relatively high consumption of foods high in calories (fast food products and especially fried potatoes, hamburgers, shawarma, pastries, and snacks, along with sweetened drinks and even alcoholic beverages). The respondents participating in this study even indicated a perceived addiction to the consumption of certain products: coffee (50.48%), fried potatoes (38.9%), hamburgers (37.05%), shawarma (31.65%), and snacks (30.08%). Many of these products are rich in calories, saturated fat, and even trans fat.
This study highlights a series of aspects that can have long-term negative effects related to the excess weight associated with other imbalances: consumption preferences among young people for hypercaloric fast food products, sweetened drinks associated with reduced physical activity, and even the development of some forms of food addictions for a series of hypercaloric foods.
长期食用垃圾食品会导致营养和代谢失衡，尤其是当它与缺乏身体活动和饮酒或其他高热量产品有关时。
罗马尼亚青少年和年轻人的垃圾食品消费评估是通过一项基于问卷的横断面研究来进行的。
共有 1017 名受访者参与了这项研究，其中包括 470 名男性和 547 名年龄在 16 至 25 岁之间的女性。尽管大多数年轻人属于正常体重（其中 607 人，<0.0001），但有些方面可以注意到，从长远来看，它们可能会导致一系列营养失衡：久坐的趋势增加，有 553 名（=0.613）受访者表示他们很少或根本不进行体育运动，而且他们倾向于相对较高地消费高热量的食物（快餐产品，尤其是炸薯条、汉堡包、烤肉卷饼、糕点和零食，以及甜饮料，甚至酒精饮料）。参与这项研究的受访者甚至表示他们对某些产品的消费存在感知成瘾：咖啡（50.48%）、炸薯条（38.9%）、汉堡包（37.05%）、烤肉卷饼（31.65%）和零食（30.08%）。这些产品中有许多富含卡路里、饱和脂肪甚至反式脂肪。
这项研究强调了一系列可能与超重相关的长期负面影响相关的方面：年轻人对高热量快餐产品的消费偏好、与减少体力活动相关的甜饮料，甚至对一系列高热量食物的某些形式的食物成瘾。
