超加工食品,奖励系统和儿童肥胖症
Valeria Calcaterra1,2, Hellas Cena3,4, Virginia Rossi2
1Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Children (Basel, Switzerland)
|May 27, 2023
概括
超加工食品 (UPF) 导致儿童肥胖,因为它们的味道好,能量密集,而不仅仅是营养成分. 了解UPFs的理解
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 儿童营养学 儿童营养学
- 饮食的神经科学 饮食的神经科学
背景情况:
- 肥胖和超重是全球重要的公共卫生问题,特别影响儿童的发展.
- 饮食质量差,包括大量消费含糖饮料和超加工食品 (UPF),是导致肥胖等非传染性疾病 (NCD) 的可预防风险因素.
- 儿童消费的UPF可能会提高身体质量指数 (BMI) 的z分数,身体脂肪百分比,以及超重的可能性.
研究的目的:
- 审查肥胖与食物摄入量调节之间的关系,重点关注奖励系统和UPF消费.
- 探索UPF的非营养性质如何影响饮食行为和奖励途径,从而导致肥胖.
- 为制定有效的食品和营养政策提供信息,以打击儿童肥胖症.
主要方法:
- 这项研究是对现有文献的叙述性审查.
- 它探讨了将UPF消费与肥胖联系在一起的机制,考虑了养调节,奖励系统和营养与非营养性质.
- 该评论综合了目前关于UPF如何影响饮食行为和奖励过程的知识.
主要成果:
- 营养成分本身并不能完全解释UPF在肥胖风险中的作用.
- UPF的非营养特征是了解它们与肥胖和非传染性疾病的关键.
- UPF被设计为具有高可口性和能量密度,产生强有力的奖励刺激,影响食促进回路.
结论:
- UPF对儿童肥胖的影响是复杂的,涉及它们独特的感官特性和对奖励通路的影响.
- 需要进一步的研究来阐明特定的UPF成分如何影响饮食行为和奖励过程.
- 了解这些机制对于制定有针对性的策略来制儿童肥胖及其并发症的日益增长至关重要.
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