"Eating ultra-processed food increases the risk of metabolic diseases among obese children and adolescents."

A study has published that eating ultra-high-tech foods increases the risk of metabolic diseases in obese children and adolescents.

The National Institute of Health of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed the association of metabolic abnormalities by dividing 149 overweight adolescents aged 8 to 17 into three groups according to their intake of ultra-high food.

As a result, the group with the highest level of ultra-processed food intake had 2.4 times higher risk of "insulin resistance" and 1.8 times higher risk of fatty liver than the lowest group.

In particular, the researcher emphasized that obese adolescents should reduce their intake of ultra-high foods to lower the risk of severe fatty liver disease and insulin resistance by 1.3 times for every 10% increase in the intake of ultra-high foods.

Ultra-high-grade formula is a food that contains a lot of sugar, processed fat, and salt in the processing process, such as fast food, soda, snacks, and cakes.

According to the study, more than 20% of the average amount of food eaten per day by obese adolescents is ultra-processed food.