In a unique study, 20-year-old Sam Srisatta lived in a hospital for a month to examine the health effects of ultraprocessed foods, which make up over 70% of the U.S. diet. Led by NIH researcher Kevin Hall, the research seeks to understand how these foods influence calorie intake and weight gain linked to obesity. Participants, including Srisatta, were paid $5,000 to have their diets meticulously tracked around the clock. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aims to prioritize the issue, highlighting the detrimental effects of ultraprocessed foods on public health, particularly among children.
Today my lunch was chicken nuggets, some chips, some ketchup. It was pretty fulfilling.
What we hope to do is figure out what those mechanisms are so that we can better understand that process.
Kennedy has repeatedly targeted processed foods as the primary culprit behind a range of diseases that afflict Americans, particularly children.
Ultraprocessed foods have exploded in the U.S. and elsewhere in recent decades, just as rates of obesity and other diet-related diseases also rise.
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