Spicy food consumption is associated with abdominal obesity among Chinese Han population aged 30-79 years in the Sichuan Basin: a population-based cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Xianxian Yang (Author), Wenge Tang (Author), Deqiang Mao (Author), Xiang Liu (Author), Wen Qian (Author), Yingxue Dai (Author), Liling Chen (Author), Xianbin Ding (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Few animal experiments and volunteer-based intervention studies have showed a controversial effect of spicy foods on abdominal obesity. We aimed to examine the association between spicy food frequency, spicy flavor, and abdominal obesity among Chinese Han population in the Sichua...