"Fast Foods" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Prepared food that is ready to eat or partially prepared food that has a final preparation time of a few minutes or less.
| Descriptor ID |
D057140
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.203.300.477 J02.500.477
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| Concept/Terms |
Fast Foods- Fast Foods
- Fast Food
- Food, Fast
- Foods, Fast
- Convenience Foods
- Convenience Food
- Food, Convenience
- Foods, Convenience
Ready-Prepared Foods- Ready-Prepared Foods
- Food, Ready-Prepared
- Foods, Ready-Prepared
- Ready Prepared Foods
- Ready-Prepared Food
- Ready-To-Eat Meals
- Ready To Eat Meals
- Meals, Ready-To-Eat
- Meal, Ready-To-Eat
- Meals, Ready To Eat
- Ready-To-Eat Meal
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fast Foods" by people in Profiles.
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Impact of Social and Built Environment Factors on Body Size among Breast Cancer Survivors: The Pathways Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2017 04; 26(4):505-515.
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Can Latino food trucks (loncheras) serve healthy meals? A feasibility study. Public Health Nutr. 2017 May; 20(7):1279-1285.
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Recent Fast Food Consumption and Bisphenol A and Phthalates Exposures among the U.S. Population in NHANES, 2003-2010. Environ Health Perspect. 2016 10; 124(10):1521-1528.
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Does food vendor density mediate the association between neighborhood deprivation and BMI?: a G-computation mediation analysis. Epidemiology. 2015 May; 26(3):344-52.
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Local food environments are associated with girls' energy, sugar-sweetened beverage and snack-food intakes. Public Health Nutr. 2014 Oct; 17(10):2194-200.
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Adolescent Purchasing Behavior at McDonald's and Subway. J Adolesc Health. 2013 Oct; 53(4):441-5.
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Adolescent girls' most common source of junk food away from home. Health Place. 2012 Sep; 18(5):963-70.
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Nutrition standards for away-from-home foods in the USA. Obes Rev. 2012 Jul; 13(7):618-29.
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The impact of menu labeling on fast-food purchases for children and parents. Am J Prev Med. 2011 Oct; 41(4):434-8.
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Zoning for health? The year-old ban on new fast-food restaurants in South LA. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 Nov-Dec; 28(6):w1088-97.