"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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| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fast Foods" by people in Profiles.
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Bundling of unhealthy food products in Johannesburg, South Africa: an exploratory study. Health Promot Int. 2024 Dec 01; 39(6).
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Towards unified and impactful policies to reduce ultra-processed food consumption and promote healthier eating. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2021 07; 9(7):462-470.
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Public health response to ultra-processed food and drinks. BMJ. 2020 06 26; 369:m2391.
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Investigation into longitudinal dietary behaviours and household socio-economic indicators and their association with BMI Z-score and fat mass in South African adolescents: the Birth to Twenty (Bt20) cohort. Public Health Nutr. 2013 Apr; 16(4):693-703.
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Changes in dietary habits and eating practices in adolescents living in urban South Africa: the birth to twenty cohort. Nutrition. 2012 Jul; 28(7-8):e1-6.