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Abstract：
BACKGROUND: The long-term consumption of junk food products can lead to nutritional and metabolic imbalances, especially when it is associated with a lack of physical activity and the consumption of alcohol or other high-calorie products.
METHODS: The evaluation of junk food consumption among teenagers and young people in Romania was carried out with the help of a cross-sectional study based on a questionnaire.
RESULTS: A total number of 1017 respondents participated in this study, comprising 470 males and 547 females aged between 16 and 25 years. Although the majority of young people fell into the normal-weight category (607 of them, p < 0.0001), some aspects can be noted that in the long term can produce a series of nutritional imbalances: an increased tendency toward sedentarism, with 553 (p = 0.613) of the respondents declaring that they performed sports rarely or not at all, and a tendency toward relatively high consumption of foods high in calories (fast food products and especially fried potatoes, hamburgers, shawarma, pastries, and snacks, along with sweetened drinks and even alcoholic beverages). The respondents participating in this study even indicated a perceived addiction to the consumption of certain products: coffee (50.48%), fried potatoes (38.9%), hamburgers (37.05%), shawarma (31.65%), and snacks (30.08%). Many of these products are rich in calories, saturated fat, and even trans fat.
CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights a series of aspects that can have long-term negative effects related to the excess weight associated with other imbalances: consumption preferences among young people for hypercaloric fast food products, sweetened drinks associated with reduced physical activity, and even the development of some forms of food addictions for a series of hypercaloric foods.
METHODS: The evaluation of junk food consumption among teenagers and young people in Romania was carried out with the help of a cross-sectional study based on a questionnaire.
RESULTS: A total number of 1017 respondents participated in this study, comprising 470 males and 547 females aged between 16 and 25 years. Although the majority of young people fell into the normal-weight category (607 of them, p < 0.0001), some aspects can be noted that in the long term can produce a series of nutritional imbalances: an increased tendency toward sedentarism, with 553 (p = 0.613) of the respondents declaring that they performed sports rarely or not at all, and a tendency toward relatively high consumption of foods high in calories (fast food products and especially fried potatoes, hamburgers, shawarma, pastries, and snacks, along with sweetened drinks and even alcoholic beverages). The respondents participating in this study even indicated a perceived addiction to the consumption of certain products: coffee (50.48%), fried potatoes (38.9%), hamburgers (37.05%), shawarma (31.65%), and snacks (30.08%). Many of these products are rich in calories, saturated fat, and even trans fat.
CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights a series of aspects that can have long-term negative effects related to the excess weight associated with other imbalances: consumption preferences among young people for hypercaloric fast food products, sweetened drinks associated with reduced physical activity, and even the development of some forms of food addictions for a series of hypercaloric foods.
摘要：
背景：长期食用垃圾食品会导致营养和代谢失衡，特别是当它与缺乏体力活动和酒精或其他高热量产品的消费有关。
方法：在基于问卷调查的横断面研究的帮助下，对罗马尼亚青少年和年轻人的垃圾食品消费进行了评估。
结果：共有1017名受访者参与了这项研究，包括470名男性和547名女性，年龄在16至25岁之间。尽管大多数年轻人属于正常体重类别（其中607人，p<0.0001),可以注意到，从长远来看，某些方面可能会产生一系列营养失衡：久坐不动的趋势增加，553（p=0.613）的受访者宣称他们很少或根本不进行体育运动，以及相对高卡路里食物消费的趋势（快餐产品，尤其是油炸土豆，汉堡包,沙瓦玛,糕点,和小吃，以及甜味饮料，甚至酒精饮料）。参与这项研究的受访者甚至表示对某些产品的消费上瘾：咖啡（50.48％），炸土豆(38.9%),汉堡包(37.05%),沙瓦玛（31.65%），和小吃(百分之三十点八)。这些产品中的许多都含有丰富的卡路里，饱和脂肪,甚至反式脂肪。
结论：这项研究强调了一系列可能对与其他失衡相关的超重产生长期负面影响的方面：年轻人对高热量快餐产品的消费偏好，与减少体力活动相关的加糖饮料，甚至对一系列高热量食物的某些形式的食物成瘾的发展。
方法：在基于问卷调查的横断面研究的帮助下，对罗马尼亚青少年和年轻人的垃圾食品消费进行了评估。
结果：共有1017名受访者参与了这项研究，包括470名男性和547名女性，年龄在16至25岁之间。尽管大多数年轻人属于正常体重类别（其中607人，p<0.0001),可以注意到，从长远来看，某些方面可能会产生一系列营养失衡：久坐不动的趋势增加，553（p=0.613）的受访者宣称他们很少或根本不进行体育运动，以及相对高卡路里食物消费的趋势（快餐产品，尤其是油炸土豆，汉堡包,沙瓦玛,糕点,和小吃，以及甜味饮料，甚至酒精饮料）。参与这项研究的受访者甚至表示对某些产品的消费上瘾：咖啡（50.48％），炸土豆(38.9%),汉堡包(37.05%),沙瓦玛（31.65%），和小吃(百分之三十点八)。这些产品中的许多都含有丰富的卡路里，饱和脂肪,甚至反式脂肪。
结论：这项研究强调了一系列可能对与其他失衡相关的超重产生长期负面影响的方面：年轻人对高热量快餐产品的消费偏好，与减少体力活动相关的加糖饮料，甚至对一系列高热量食物的某些形式的食物成瘾的发展。
