Fox Health: Dr. Nicole Saphier on ultra-processed foods in America: ‘People profit off addiction’

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Dr. Nicole Saphier on ultra-processed foods in America: 'People profit off addiction'

Ultra-processed food makers are in the hot seat amid growing pushback against harmful products. Fox News medical contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier comments on the movement....                        ...                        ...                            ...Ultra-processed food makers are under pressure, as a teen in Pennsylvania has launched a lawsuit against multiple food giants.  ......Bryce Martinez, 18, who was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease at 16 after consuming You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login throughout his childhood, is taking on 11 food manufacturers for allegedly engineering the foods to be addictive, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.......Between 5% and 10% of American children had non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) as of 2021, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"NAFLD has become more common in children in recent decades, in part because You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login has become more common," the NIDDK wrote on its website.......In a Sunday appearance on "Fox & Friends Weekend," Fox News medical contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier commented that these statistics are "shocking but not surprising."......"We've been watching this trend happen for the last decade or so," she said. "And while we have come to accept the fact that American adults tend to be overweight and have metabolic syndrome, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login it's now going into our children."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......This progression "makes sense," according to Saphier, as children often adopt the lifestyle choices of their parents......."Those You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, unfortunately, [are] now harming our children," she said.......The doctor agreed that "harmful consumerism" markets products that could gravely You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, much like "big tobacco," alcohol and some pharmaceuticals......."These all have addiction potentials," Saphier said. "They really feed on our natural dopamine pathways, which are the reward centers in the brain."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"If the product is harming the actual consumer ... is it working for the consumer or is it purely profit-driven?" Saphier asked. "Because the harsh reality is people You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login."......In the case of Bryce Martinez, Saphier noted that "marketing is very aggressive, especially to our younger generations." But she also questioned – "where are the parents?"......"We also as individuals have to be holding ourselves accountable for some of this as well," she added.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"Yes, there are aggressive and harmful marketing campaigns, there [are] disgusting chemicals in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login especially what's accessible to lower-income populations – but also we have to think of, as the individual, what are we choosing to do."......Fox News Digital's Maria Lencki contributed to this report....

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