Eating more ultra-processed foods linked to worse health, study finds
The review of nearly 9 million adults found risk rose with every added 100 grams a day, including higher heart and diabetes rates.
- A study published in Family Medicine and Community Health links higher Ultra-processed food intake to heart disease, stroke, and death risks. Xiao Liu, lead author at Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital and Duke-NUS Medical School, told ABC News it is a major public health issue.
- Researchers reviewed over 50 studies evaluating nearly 9 million adults, finding that each additional 100 grams of Ultra-processed foods daily ties to a 14% higher heart risk and 11% higher blood pressure risk. Greater consumption also linked to 24% higher cardiovascular and diabetes risk.
- Registered dietitian Maya Feller told ABC News that Ultra-processed foods contain "significant amounts of added sugars, salts, fats" and are engineered to be hyper-palatable. This design makes them difficult to limit despite known health risks.
- The average American gets over half their daily calories from Ultra-processed foods, contributing to high obesity prevalence. CDC data indicates more than 100 million Americans in the United States are living with obesity.
- Feller advises that consumers do not need to eliminate all Ultra-processed foods from their diets. Instead, swapping two or three regular items for whole or minimally processed alternatives offers a reachable goal.
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Higher ultra-processed food intake linked to multiple health risks
A higher ultra processed food (UPF) intake is linked to a heightened risk of several major chronic health issues, such as digestive diseases, high blood pressure, and metabolic syndrome/diabetes, as well as death, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published in the open access journal Family Medicine and Community Health.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Joo-young = The more ultra-processed foods (UPFs) such as cookies and packaged snacks you eat, the higher the risk of cardiovascular events, cancer, obesity/overweight, metabolic syndrome/diabetes...
Every extra 100 grams of ultra-processed food linked to higher disease risks
Higher ultra-processed food (UPF) intake is linked to a heightened risk of several major chronic health issues, such as digestive diseases, high blood pressure and metabolic syndrome/diabetes, as well as death, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence published in the open-access journal Family Medicine and Community Health.
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