Characteristics of spicy food consumption and its relation to lifestyle behaviours: results from 0.5 million adults

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<p id="d8488928e377">This study aimed to describe the characteristics and lifestyle differences of spicy food consumption in 0.5 million adults. Participants were recruited from 2004 to 2008 in the baseline research of the CKB study. Higher frequency and stronger pungency degree in spicy food positively correlated with preference for salty taste, eating snacks/deep-fried foods, tea/alcohol drinking and tobacco smoking. Among weekly tea/alcohol drinkers and current regular smokers, participants with a higher frequency of spicy food consumption or preference for stronger pungency degree were more likely to prefer strong tea, drink alcohol exceed the healthy amount, drink alcohol in the morning every day, smoke ≥ 40 cigarettes per day, consume a larger amount of tea leaves, alcohol and cigarettes each day, and start habitual tea/alcohol drinking or smoking at an earlier age. Differences existed in lifestyle factors related to major chronic diseases according to spicy food consumption frequency and pungency degree among the Chinese population. </p>

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Physical activity and sedentary leisure time and their associations with BMI, waist circumference, and percentage body fat in 0.5 million adults: the China Kadoorie Biobank study.

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Few large studies in China have investigated total physical activity and sedentary leisure time and their associations with adiposity. We investigated determinants of physical activity and sedentary leisure time and their associations with adiposity in China. A total of 466,605 generally healthy participants (age: 30-79 y, 60% female) in the China Kadoorie Biobank were included in this cross-sectional analysis. Self-reported information on a range of activities was collected by interviewer-administered questionnaire. Physical activity was calculated as metabolic equivalent task hours per day (MET-h/d) spent on work, transportation, housework, and nonsedentary recreation. Sedentary leisure time was quantified as hours per day. Adiposity measures included BMI, waist circumference, and percentage body fat (by bioimpedance analysis). Associations were estimated by linear and logistic regression. The mean physical activity was 22 MET-h/d, and the mean sedentary leisure time was 3.0 h/d. For each sex, physical activity was about one-third lower among professionals/administrators than among factory workers, with intermediate levels for other occupational categories. A 1-SD (14 MET-h/d) greater physical activity was associated with a 0.15-unit (95% CI: 0.14, 0.16) lower BMI (in kg/m(2)), a 0.58-cm (95% CI: 0.55, 0.61) smaller waist circumference, and 0.48 (95% CI: 0.45, 0.50) percentage points less body fat. In contrast, a 1-SD (1.5 h/d) greater sedentary leisure time was associated with a 0.19-unit higher BMI (95% CI: 0.18, 0.20), a 0.57-cm larger waist circumference (95% CI: 0.54, 0.59), and 0.44 (95% CI: 0.42, 0.46) percentage points more body fat. For any given physical activity level, greater sedentary leisure time was associated with a greater prevalence of increased BMI, as was lower physical activity for any given sedentary leisure time. In adult Chinese, physical activity varies substantially by occupation, and lack of physical activity and excess sedentary leisure time are independently and jointly associated with greater adiposity.

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Title: International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Abbreviated Title: International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

ISSN (Print): 0963-7486

ISSN (Electronic): 1465-3478

Publication date Created: May 19 2021

Publication date (Electronic): November 18 2020

Publication date (Print): May 19 2021

Volume: 72

Issue: 4

Pages: 569-576

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[1 ]Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China;

[2 ]Medical Research Council Population Health Research Unit at the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK;

[3 ]Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU), Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom;

[4 ]Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Sciences (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China;

[5 ]Peking University Institute of Environmental Medicine, Beijing, China;

[6 ]Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China;

[7 ]Hainan Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Hainan, China;

[8 ]The First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Hainan, China;

[9 ]China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing, China

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DOI: 10.1080/09637486.2020.1849038

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China Kadoorie Biobank of 0.5 million people: survey methods, baseline characteristics and long-term follow-up.

The China Health and Nutrition Survey, 1989-2011.

Physical activity and sedentary leisure time and their associations with BMI, waist circumference, and percentage body fat in 0.5 million adults: the China Kadoorie Biobank study.

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