Fast Food

Super Size Me

• 1 in 3 American Adults Eat Fast Food Each Day – AARP
• CDC report: 84.8 million U.S. adults consume fast food every day and other startling findings – ABC Action News – WFTS Tampa Bay
• Here’s how much fast food Americans are eating – CNN

Obesity

• Fast Food Linked To Child Obesity – CBS News
• Childhood obesity linked to proximity of fast-food restaurants, according to new study – The Washington Post

Phthalates

• Fast food from Domino’s, McDonald’s contained chemicals in plastics – USA Today
• Fast food may come with a side of phthalate chemicals – CBS News

Facts and Stats

• 25 Fast Food Statistics and Facts to Chew On in 2020 – Supplements 101

• 50+ Fast Food Trends, Stats, and Facts You Should Know – Delivery Rank

Data

• Products – Data Briefs – Number 320 – September 2018 – CDC

Academic Papers

• Fast food intake and prevalence of obesity in school children in Riyadh City. – PubMed – NCBI
• Phthalate and novel plasticizer concentrations in food items from U.S. fast food chains- a preliminary analysis – Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology – Nature