Processed Foods and Weight Gain Study
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health Kevin D. Hall, Ph.D., center, and Stephanie Chung, M.B.B.S., right, talk with a study participant at the NIH Clinical Center.
People eating ultra-processed foods ate more calories and gained more weight than when they ate a minimally processed diet, according to results from a National Institutes of Health study. The difference occurred even though meals provided to the volunteers in both the ultra-processed and minimally processed diets had the same number of calories and macronutrients.
Read more: www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-study-finds-hea...
Credit: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)/NIH
Processed Foods and Weight Gain Study
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health Kevin D. Hall, Ph.D., center, and Stephanie Chung, M.B.B.S., right, talk with a study participant at the NIH Clinical Center.
People eating ultra-processed foods ate more calories and gained more weight than when they ate a minimally processed diet, according to results from a National Institutes of Health study. The difference occurred even though meals provided to the volunteers in both the ultra-processed and minimally processed diets had the same number of calories and macronutrients.
Read more: www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-study-finds-hea...
Credit: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)/NIH