Association of leisure-time sedentary behavior with fast food and carbonated soft drink consumption among 133,555 adolescents aged 12-15 years in 44 low- and middle-income countries

• Main Authors: Garcia Ashdown-Franks (Author), Davy Vancampfort (Author), Joseph Firth (Author), Lee Smith (Author), Catherine M. Sabiston (Author), Brendon Stubbs (Author), Ai Koyanagi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Rates of sedentary behavior (SB), fast food and carbonated soft drink consumption are increasing worldwide, with steeper increases being observed in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in recent years. Given that these behaviors have been linked to adverse health outcomes am...