Extra: The Very Real Dangers Of Ultra-Processed Junk Food

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🗓️ 3 March 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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New research out this past week raised an even bigger red flag about junk food and the amount people are eating The study on "ultra-processed" foods, items that contain numerous ingredients with no nutritional value, found a myriad of health risks for people who consume these products. It linked the consumption of common snacks and other products to cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, depression, and anxiety. It also cites that nearly 58 percent of all calories consumed by Americans come from ultra-processed items. Registered dietitian nutritionist, author, and adjunct professor of nutrition at NYU, Dr. Lisa Young, joined host Lisa Brady on the FOX News Rundown to discuss the study and the risks involved in eating these foods. Dr. Young discussed why "ultra-processed" foods have become such a big part of the American diet and how people can work on cutting back on them. We made edits for time and thought you might like to hear more about this study that highlights the dangers of junk food. On today’s FOX News Rundown Extra, you’ll hear our entire conversation with Dr. Lisa Young and learn more about eating healthy and what diet habits can be helpful. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Fox News Run Down Extra.
0:05.0	A Lisa Brady.
0:08.0	New research on ultra processed foods is raising even more concern
0:12.0	about many of the packaged items we buy.
0:14.8	Ultra processed tends to mean high and unhealthy added ingredients.
0:18.9	International researchers conducted the largest review so far of the existing analytic evidence involving nearly
0:24.5	10 million people.
0:26.0	The results, published in the British Medical Journal BMJ, show that diets high in these types
0:30.6	of foods can raise the risk of 32 health problems, including about a 50%
0:35.7	increased risk of cardiovascular disease-related death, a 12% greater risk of type 2 diabetes,
0:42.4	and potentially higher risks of cancer, heart disease, sleep disorders,
0:46.3	depression, asthma, and gastrointestinal issues, along with a 21% greater risk of death from any cause.
0:54.1	There are varying degrees of evidence, though, graded by the researchers on a scale from
0:58.4	convincing to suggestive or weak.
1:01.3	We spoke to Dr. Lisa Young, a registered dietician nutritionist, author and adjunct
1:06.1	professor of nutrition at NYU, about the risks, the difference between processed and ultra-processed
1:11.9	foods, and how to help make healthier choices.
1:14.8	We made some edits for time and thought you might want to hear the whole thing.
1:18.0	Thanks for listening and if you haven't already, please subscribe to the Fox News
1:21.4	rundown weekday podcast. Now here's Dr. Lisa Good. Please subscribe to the Fox News Rundown Weekday Podcast.
1:23.6	Now here's Dr. Lisa Good on the Fox News Rundown Extra.
1:27.0	All right, so it is not new thinking at this point that ultra processed foods are not
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