If you live in an area with a high concentration of convenience food stores, your risk is 16% higher.
Posted on 03.04.2024 at 10.45pm Posted on 03.4.2024 at 10.45pm Modified on 03.4.2024 at 10.47pm Views 3
Living near pubs, bars and fast food outlets may increase the risk of heart failure, a new study has found. [사진= 게티이미지뱅크]Living closer to pubs, bars and fast food outlets may increase your risk of developing heart failure, a study suggests. Heart failure is a condition in which the heart muscle is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body’s blood and oxygen needs.
A study published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation: Heart Failure found that living near pubs, bars and fast food restaurants can increase the risk of heart failure.
The researchers used data from the UK Biobank, a large database containing health information from more than 500,000 British adults. The researchers measured people’s exposure to three types of food environments: bars and cafes, restaurants and cafes, and fast food restaurants. Exposure was determined by proximity (within 1 km or within 15 minutes walking) and density (number of ready-to-eat food outlets within 1 km). The researchers also analyzed about 13,000 cases of heart failure recorded over 12 years.
The average age of the people analyzed was 56 years and more than half were women. There were an average of 3.57 convenience food stores within a 1 km radius where participants lived. The average distance between pubs and bars was 692 m. The restaurant and café were 820 m away, while the fast food restaurant was 1,135 m away.
The study found that the greater the proximity and density of convenience food stores, the greater the risk of heart failure. People who lived in areas with a high density of convenience food outlets had a 16% greater risk of heart failure than those who did not. People living in areas with the highest density of pubs and bars had a 14% higher risk of heart failure. People who lived in areas with a high concentration of fast food restaurants had a 12% higher risk.
Participants who lived closest to bars and pubs (less than 500 metres) had a 13% higher risk of heart failure. People who lived closer to fast food restaurants had a 10% higher risk than those who lived further away (more than 2000 meters).
The risk of heart failure was higher in participants without a college degree and in adults in urban areas without access to formal physical activity facilities such as gyms.
“Ready-to-eat food environments typically provide unhealthy foods and beverages and have been linked to cardiovascular disease,” said senior study author Lou Key, MD, professor of epidemiology at Tulane University.
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