New Study Sheds Light on Health Risks Associated With Ultra-Processed Foods

New Study Sheds Light on Health Risks Associated With Ultra-Processed Foods

New Study Sheds Light , on Health Risks Associated With , Ultra-Processed Foods.

NPR reports that ultra-processed foods dominate the food supply, making up almost 60% of what a majority of adults eat and almost 70% of kids' diets.

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Ultra-processed foods are made from manufactured ingredients that have been processed to create shelf-stable and convenient meals.

Ultra-processed foods are made from manufactured ingredients that have been processed to create shelf-stable and convenient meals.

NPR reports that consumption of ultra-processed foods has been connected with a range of health concerns that include obesity, hypertension, cancer and premature death.

Four of the top six killers are related to an inadequate diet, which in the U.S. is probably largely due to convenient, safe, inexpensive food that we eat too much of, Christopher Gardner, Director of nutrition studies at Stanford University, via NPR.

Four of the top six killers are related to an inadequate diet, which in the U.S. is probably largely due to convenient, safe, inexpensive food that we eat too much of, Christopher Gardner, Director of nutrition studies at Stanford University, via NPR.

Too much of it leads to obesity and type two diabetes and heart disease and cancer, Christopher Gardner, Director of nutrition studies at Stanford University, via NPR.

Kevin Hall, a senior investigator at the National Institutes of Health, designed the first randomized controlled trial comparing an ultra-processed diet to one based on less processed foods.

Kevin Hall, a senior investigator at the National Institutes of Health, designed the first randomized controlled trial comparing an ultra-processed diet to one based on less processed foods.

What we saw was that when they were on the ultra-processed diet, they were eating about 500 calories per day more than when they were on the unprocessed diet and they were gaining weight and gaining body fat, Kevin Hall, Senior investigator at the National Institutes of Health, via NPR.

What we saw was that when they were on the ultra-processed diet, they were eating about 500 calories per day more than when they were on the unprocessed diet and they were gaining weight and gaining body fat, Kevin Hall, Senior investigator at the National Institutes of Health, via NPR.

NPR reports that the study suggests that the highly processed nature of these foods drive people to overeat and gain weight.

NPR reports that the study suggests that the highly processed nature of these foods drive people to overeat and gain weight.

If we can figure out what it is about ultra-processed foods that drives people to overeat and gain excess weight, then we can at least then target which ones to avoid, Kevin Hall, Senior investigator at the National Institutes of Health, via NPR