Ultra-processed foods, protein leverage and energy intake in the USA.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Experimental studies have shown that human macronutrient regulation minimizes variation in absolute protein intake and consequently energy intake varies passively with dietary protein density ('protein leverage'). According to the 'protein leverage hypothesis' (PLH), protein leverage interacts with a reduction in dietary protein density to drive energy overconsumption and obesity. Worldwide increase in consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF) has been hypothesized to be an important determinant of dietary protein dilution, and consequently an ecological driving force of energy overconsumption and the obesity pandemic. The present study examined the relationships between dietary contribution of UPF, dietary proportional protein content and the absolute intakes of protein

SUBMITTER: Martinez Steele E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10260799 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature