# Fast food nation

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fast-food-nation/5119>\
**Category:** non-D\
**Created:** [October 3, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fast-food-nation/5119 "2018-10-03T14:53:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fast-food-nation/5119/1 "2018-10-03T14:53:09Z")

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Interesting finding: fast food consumption increases with income!

> **[Here's how much fast food Americans are eating](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/10/03/health/fast-food-consumption-cdc-study/index.html)**
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> More than a third of adults in the United States -- about 84.8 million people -- ate fast food on any given day between 2013 and 2016, according to a new CDC report. Fast food consumption varied by age, income level, race and sex.

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**Author:** ![Nickyghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fast-food-nation/5119/2 "2018-10-03T15:59:02Z")

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There goes that theory. 🤦‍♀️

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**Author:** ![Katers87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9adbd/32.png) [@Katers87](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Katers87)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fast-food-nation/5119/3 "2018-10-03T16:25:02Z")

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I don’t think this paints a very complete picture. The study below is listed at the end as a reference to the study originally posted.

> **[err251\_summary.pdf](https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/89344/err251_summary.pdf?v=0)**
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This study includes SNAP (food stamps) in the analysis as well as ready-to-eat foods purchased from the grocery store. I think a lot of their conclusions are very interesting and align with what was discussed in the other thread.

It seems you can generally find an article or study to support any viewpoint.

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**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fast-food-nation/5119/4 "2018-10-03T22:12:41Z")

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> [@Katers87](#):
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> It seems you can generally find an article or study to support any viewpoint.

This is absolutely true. This is also why, in my opinion, once you leave the observable and measurable sciences and try to find causation in a complicated system (i.e. humans) the studies aren’t worth very much unless the n is very large and the only endpoints reported were pre-defined.