Nine out of 10 American adults have unhealthy metabolisms, mostly because of the food they eat. Experts say it might be time for the government to regulate what Americans put in their mouths. Dariush Mozaffarian is a heart doctor at Tufts University in Massachusetts. He said the food industry is the only area of the economy “where we have the majority of products being knowingly dangerous, and we leave it up” to the public to decide what to have. If there is a product that hurts people, “we get rid of it,” Mozaffarian said. To look at someone’s metabolic health, doctors measure things like blood sugar, cholesterol and blood pressure. People who are in poor metabolic health are at increased risk of getting diabetes, heart disease and other serious health problems. When you have nine out of 10 adults being metabolically unhealthy, largely due to diet-related illnesses, you know we have a broken system,” Mozaffarian said. A big part of the problem is that Americans eat a lot of junk food. Junk foods are processed foods like sweets or potato chips that provide little nutritional value and are high in fat, salt and sugar. A study by the National Institutes of Health found that junk foods account for 1 out every 7 calories in adults and 1 out of every 5 calories in children.
Title: Could the US Regulate What Americans Eat?
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heart doctor at Tufts University in Massachusetts. </span> <span data-start-time='29667' data-end-time='45625'>He said the food industry is the only area of the economy “where we have the majority of products being knowingly dangerous, and we leave it up” to the public to decide what to have.</span> <span data-start-time='45625' data-end-time='53333'>If there is a product that hurts people, “we get rid of it,” Mozaffarian said.</span> <span data-start-time='53333' data-end-time='63583'>To look at someone’s metabolic health, doctors measure things like blood sugar, cholesterol and blood pressure. </span> <span data-start-time='63583' data-end-time='76292'>People who are in poor metabolic health are at increased risk of getting diabetes, heart disease and other serious health problems.</span> <span data-start-time='76292' data-end-time='90896'>When you have nine out of 10 adults being metabolically unhealthy, largely due to diet-related illnesses, you know we have a broken system,” Mozaffarian said.</span> <span data-start-time='90896' data-end-time='96708'>A big part of the problem is that Americans eat a lot of junk food.</span> <span data-start-time='96708' data-end-time='110417'>Junk foods are processed foods like sweets or potato chips that provide little nutritional value and are high in fat, salt and sugar. </span> <span data-start-time='110417' data-end-time='126021'>A study by the National Institutes of Health found that junk foods account for 1 out every 7 calories in adults and 1 out of every 5 calories in children.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' 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