Consumption of Meals Prepared at Home and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: An Analysis of Two Prospective Cohort Studies |
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| Authors: | Geng Zong David M Eisenberg Frank B Hu Qi Sun |
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| Institution: | 1Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America;2Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America;3Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America;University of Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM |
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| Abstract: | BackgroundThere has been a trend towards increased dining out in many countries. Consuming food prepared out of the home has been linked to poor diet quality, weight gain, and diabetes risk, but whether having meals prepared at home (MPAH) is associated with risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) remains unknown.ConclusionsIn two large prospective cohort studies, frequent consumption of MPAH is associated with a lower risk of developing T2D, and this association is partly attributable to less weight gain linked with this dining behavior. |
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