Table 4 Prevalence of health outcomes by fast food consumption among Chinese children (n = 1626)a
Health outcomes | Overweight (Including Obesity, %) | Obesity (%) | Central obesity (%) | Hypertension (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FFC per week | All | Boy | Girl | All | Boy | Girl | All | Boy | Girl | All | Boy | Girl |
1) Western FFC | ||||||||||||
 Ever consumed | ||||||||||||
  No | 27.6 | 35.6 | 19.1 | 11.7 | 16.2 | 7.0 | 20.5 | 29.0 | 11.6 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 7.5 |
  Yes | 24.9 | 32.6 | 17.1 | 10.7 | 14.6 | 6.8 | 19.1 | 26.5 | 11.7 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 10.0 |
   P-value | 0.220 | 0.365 | 0.465 | 0.544 | 0.542 | 0.929 | 0.501 | 0.438 | 0.949 | 0.818 | 0.398 | 0.223 |
 Times | ||||||||||||
  0 | 27.6 | 35.6 | 19.1 | 11.7 | 16.2 | 7.0 | 20.5 | 29.0 | 11.6 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 7.5 |
  1–2 | 26.0 | 31.6 | 20.0 | 10.6 | 13.3 | 7.9 | 18.6 | 24.5 | 12.5 | 10.5 | 8.8 | 12.1 |
   ≥ 3 | 22.0 | 34.5 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 18.1 | 4.6 | 19.9 | 31.0 | 10.0 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 5.4 |
   P-value | 0.219 | 0.545 | 0.059 | 0.828 | 0.396 | 0.482 | 0.705 | 0.290 | 0.762 | 0.192 | 0.667 | 0.038 |
2) Chinese FFC | ||||||||||||
 Ever consumed | ||||||||||||
  No | 27.5 | 34.3 | 21.1 | 10.8 | 15.1 | 6.7 | 19.6 | 26.2 | 13.5 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
  Yes | 24.8 | 34.1 | 14.2 | 11.8 | 15.7 | 7.4 | 20.2 | 29.5 | 9.6 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 6.5 |
   P-value | 0.224 | 0.933 | 0.014 | 0.515 | 0.816 | 0.718 | 0.792 | 0.307 | 0.095 | 0.016 | 0.130 | 0.054 |
 Times | ||||||||||||
  0 | 27.5 | 34.3 | 21.1 | 10.8 | 15.1 | 6.7 | 19.6 | 26.2 | 13.5 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
  1–2 | 24.3 | 33.4 | 14.3 | 11.5 | 15.4 | 7.3 | 19.6 | 28.9 | 9.3 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.0 |
   ≥ 3 | 26.3 | 36.1 | 9.5 | 15.8 | 19.4 | 9.5 | 22.8 | 30.6 | 9.5 | 7.0 | 11.1 | 0.0 |
   P-value | 0.382 | 0.932 | 0.034 | 0.489 | 0.784 | 0.863 | 0.838 | 0.652 | 0.206 | 0.060 | 0.247 | 0.091 |