Fast food consumption among 12- to 17-year-olds in Germany - Results of EsKiMo II

Ramona Moosburger; Clarissa Lage Barbosa; Marjolein Haftenberger; Anna-Kristin Brettschneider; Franziska Lehmann; Anja Kroke; Gert B M Mensink

doi:10.25646/6398

Fast food consumption among 12- to 17-year-olds in Germany - Results of EsKiMo II

J Health Monit. 2020 Mar 4;5(1):3-18. doi: 10.25646/6398. eCollection 2020 Mar.

Authors

Ramona Moosburger¹, Clarissa Lage Barbosa¹, Marjolein Haftenberger², Anna-Kristin Brettschneider², Franziska Lehmann¹, Anja Kroke³, Gert B M Mensink¹

Affiliations

¹ Robert Koch Institute, Berlin Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring.
² Formerly Robert Koch Institute, Berlin Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring.
³ Fulda University, Department of Nutritional, Food and Consumer Sciences.

PMID: 35146261
PMCID: PMC8734198
DOI: 10.25646/6398

Abstract

Consuming high amounts of fast food can lead to an excessive intake of energy and subsequently promote obesity. Obesity increases a person's risk for diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. The second wave of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS Wave 2, 2014-2017) included the Eating study as a KiGGS Module (EsKiMo II, 2015-2017) which assessed the self-reported dietary habits of children and adolescents in Germany. The analysis of the data permits an overview of the fast food consumption of 12- to 17-year-olds (n=1,353). Girls consume 57.5 grams and boys 86.3 grams of fast food per day on average (around 400 grams and 600 grams per week, respectively). Pizza is the most consumed fast food product, followed by filled pita and sausage/meat products such as curry sausage. Adolescent girls on average get 6.5% and boys 7.8% of total daily energy intake from fast food. 23% of 12- to 17-year-olds get at least 10% of their daily energy intake from fast food (high consumers). Significant differences between the proportion of high consumers exist regarding sex, age, socioeconomic status, community size, type of school and media consumption. Compared to EsKiMo I (2006), girls' daily energy intake from fast food has remained nearly constant, whereas that of boys has dropped substantially. From a nutrition physiology perspective, the aim should be to further reduce fast food consumption.

Keywords: ADOLESCENTS; ESKIMO II; FAST FOOD CONSUMPTION; GERMANY; HEALTH MONITORING; NUTRITION SURVEY.

Grants and funding

EsKiMo II was financially supported by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture based on a decision of the Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany, granted by the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (grant number 2814HS004).