They considered that the real reason was modern food patterns
Health .. Researchers: Excessive food does not always cause weight gain
Obesity affects more than 40% of adults in the United States.
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Overeating does not always cause weight gain, according to research published by the University of Oxford, which blames the American “obesity epidemic” on processed carbohydrates, prompting hormones to cause widespread metabolic chaos.
According to scientists and paramedics led by David Ludwig, an endocrinologist at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, binge eating is not the real problem.
But the real reason is “modern eating patterns, which are characterized by excessive consumption of food, which cause high blood sugar, especially fast-digesting processed carbohydrates.”
Foods and drinks that cause high blood sugar include: sweetened drinks, french fries, white pasta, white rice, baked potatoes and cereal.
"These foods cause a hormonal response that fundamentally alters metabolism, causing fat loss, weight gain and obesity," the researchers told the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
The research team added: “In order to understand the obesity epidemic, we must look, not only at the amount of food we eat, but also how the food we eat affects our hormones and our metabolism,” while recognizing that it is easy for people to overeat and that “lifestyles” Inactive” can contribute to weight gain.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States, obesity affects more than 40% of adults in the country, which the researchers said means that they are "at greater risk of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer."
These non-communicable diseases left those infected with them vulnerable to “Covid-19”, with a greater risk of infection or death, compared to healthy people.
Sedentary lifestyles can contribute to weight gain.
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