Fast food consumption is highly prevalent in the United States and is associated with an increased risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in the population. One recently was published in the international journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology entitled " Quantifying the Negative Impact of Fast-Food Consumption on Liver Steatosis Among U.S. Adults with Diabetes and Obesity " Research report, scientists from the university of southern California and other institutions through research found that intake of fast food or related to human liver disease, this may give people reduce fast food consumption provides extra things, the article, the researchers said, intake of fast food or associated with the body nonalcoholic fatty liver, the latter is a kind of fat in the liver accumulation potential threat of human life.
The researchers found that compared with less or no fast food, fast food intake 20% or more calories from fast food obesity or diabetes in the liver of the Chinese level will rise significantly, and the general population in its daily diet one fifth or more diet is fast food, the level of fat in the liver will appear moderate increase. Said Ani Kardashian, MD, a healthy liver contains a small amount of fat, usually less than 5%, and a moderate increase in fat levels can lead to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; the significant increase in liver fat in obese or diabetic patients is particularly noticeable, perhaps because these diseases cause fat to accumulate more easily in the liver.
Although previous studies have revealed an association between fast food intake and obesity and diabetes, in this study, the researchers clarified for the first time the negative effects of fast food on body and liver health. The results also suggest that a relatively moderate amount of fast food (ie, high levels of carbohydrates and fat) also damages the liver; if people eat a daily meal at a fast food restaurant, they may think it has no impact on their health, but if it is at least a fifth of their daily calories, it puts the liver at risk. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, also known as liver steatosis, can lead to cirrhosis or liver scarring, as well as liver cancer and liver failure. Liver steatosis affects the health of more than 30 percent of the American population.
To this end, investigators Kardashian et al analyzed relevant data from the 2017-2018 US National Health and Nutrition Analysis Survey to determine the effect of fast food intake on hepatic steatosis. The study characterized fast food as food in drive-buses or restaurants without waiters, including pizza, assessed liver fat measurements in approximately 4,000 adults and compared them with their fast food intake. Of the participants surveyed, 52% consumed some fast food, including 29% of a fifth or more calories from fast food, and only 29% experienced a rise in fat levels in the liver.
The investigator stated that, Even after adjusting for relevant data on multiple other factors such as age, sex, race, ethnicity, alcohol intake, and physical exercise, The association between hepatic steatosis and a 20% fast-food intake has remained stable both in the general population and in those with obesity or diabetes; Researcher Kardashian said, Our results are shocking, Because in the last 50 years, Regardless of the socioeconomic status, The consumption of fast food is rising; We also observed that during the COVID-19 epidemic, A big rise in fast-food intake has occurred, This may be related to the decline in all-service restaurants and the rise in food insecurity rates, The investigator is concerned that, The number of people who have changed fatty liver from the survey will rise more.
The investigators hope that the results of this study will encourage health care providers to provide more nutrition education to the population, especially in people with obesity or diabetes who are at increased risk of fatty liver disease due to fast food, and that the only way to treat liver steatosis now is to improve their diet.
