Cop: Deep-processed foods may make people more likely to get fat.

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 27 (Xinhua) --
food
is quick and easy to eat. But a new study suggests they may "induce" people to eat more, leading to overweight and
obese
.
study, conducted by the National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive Diseases and Kidney Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, looked at the effects of
-deeply processed
foods on people's eating for the first time through randomized controlled experiments. The study system defines deep-processed foods as foods that are commonly added to the food industry, such as hydrogenated oils, high fructose corn syrups, flavorings, and emulsizers.In a paper published in the new issue of the American Journal of Cell-Metabolism,
researchers said 10 adult men and 10 adult female volunteers participated in the one-month closed-door experiment, which was randomized into the eating deep-processed and low-processed food groups and consumed the same group of foods for two weeks in a row. Each deep-processed and low-processed food contains the same calories, sugars, fiber, fat and carbohydrates, and volunteers are free to choose how many servings to eat. For example, a breakfast of deep-processed foods might include turkey bacon and cream cheese bagels, while a breakfast of low-processed foods is an oatmeal with walnuts, bananas and skimmed milk.
results showed that volunteers who ate deep-processed foods ate an average of about 500 more calories a day than the other group and ate faster. They gained an average of 0.9 kg after two weeks of weight loss, while the eating of low-processed foods lost an average of 0.9 kg.
researchers say the study once again demonstrates the benefits of low-processed foods, but it's unclear how deep-processed foods affect people's eating behavior and the mechanisms that lead to weight gain.