{"id":1328,"date":"2014-02-09T14:01:14","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T03:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/?p=1328"},"modified":"2014-02-09T14:01:14","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T03:01:14","slug":"adolescent-salt-inflammation-obesity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/?p=1328","title":{"rendered":"Adolescent Salt &#8211; Inflammation &#8211; Obesity"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>association established<\/li>\n<li>n=800 US teens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>http:\/\/www.foodnavigator-usa.com\/R-D\/Is-salt-linked-to-obesity-Study-links-adolescent-salt-intake-to-obesity-and-inflammation\/<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; font-size: 31px; color: #2d578d; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: normal;\">Is salt linked to obesity? Study links adolescent salt intake to obesity and inflammation<\/h1>\n<p class=\"author_date\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: normal;\">07-Feb-2014<\/p>\n<div class=\"large_image\" style=\"outline: none; position: relative; margin: 0px; padding: 1px; border: 1px solid #f1f1f1; color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; vertical-align: top;\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator-usa.com\/var\/plain_site\/storage\/images\/publications\/food-beverage-nutrition\/foodnavigator.com\/science-nutrition\/is-salt-linked-to-obesity-study-links-adolescent-salt-intake-to-obesity-and-inflammation\/8759826-1-eng-GB\/Is-salt-linked-to-obesity-Study-links-adolescent-salt-intake-to-obesity-and-inflammation_strict_xxl.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"related_subjects\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;\">\n<p class=\"topics\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; color: #666666;\">Related tags:\u00a0<a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator-usa.com\/content\/search?SearchText=salt&amp;FromNews\">Salt<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator-usa.com\/content\/search?SearchText=sodium&amp;FromNews\">Sodium<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator-usa.com\/content\/search?SearchText=obesity&amp;FromNews\">Obesity<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator-usa.com\/content\/search?SearchText=inflammation&amp;FromNews\">Inflammation<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator-usa.com\/content\/search?SearchText=fat&amp;FromNews\">Fat<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"topics\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; color: #666666;\">Related topics:\u00a0<a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator-usa.com\/Trends\/The-obesity-problem\">The obesity problem<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator-usa.com\/Trends\/Sodium-reduction\">Sodium reduction<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator-usa.com\/R-D\">R&amp;D<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator-usa.com\/Sectors\/Bakery\">Bakery<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator-usa.com\/Sectors\/Snacks\">Snacks<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator-usa.com\/Ingredients\/Preservatives-and-acidulants\">Preservatives and acidulants<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story\" id=\"story\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;\">\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em;\">High intakes of salt throughout adolescence may be associated with levels of obesity and inflammation, regardless of calories consumed, say researchers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news_info\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; padding: 0px; max-width: 162px; float: right;\">\n<div class=\"embed_related_news\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">\n<h4 style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; text-transform: uppercase;\"><span class=\"color_1\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #ff9300;\">RELATED NEWS:<\/span><\/h4>\n<h5 style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-color: #f0f0f0; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;\"><a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator-usa.com\/Manufacturers\/General-Mills-files-patent-to-cut-salt-and-fat-in-dough\">General Mills files patent to cut salt and fat in dough<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-color: #f0f0f0; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;\"><a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bakeryandsnacks.com\/Markets\/Uneasy-bedfellows-Salt-and-health-in-US-snacking\" target=\"_blank\">Uneasy bedfellows: Salt and health in US snacking<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"Skyscraper1\" style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\">New research published in the journal\u00a0<i style=\"outline: none; position: static;\">Pediatrics<\/i>\u00a0suggests that intakes of salt during our teen years may be linked to levels of obesity and inflammation &#8211; finding that a high intake of salt in adolecents is correlated to levels of fatness and inflammatory markers regardless of how many calories are consumed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\">Led by Dr Haidong Zhu from the Medical College of Georgia and Georgia Regents University, the team analysed data from nearly 800 US teens &#8211; finding that 97% self-reported exceeding national guidelines and that this intake of dietary sodium is independently associated with a range of obesity measures and markers of inflammation including total body weight, BMI, percentage body fat, levels of leptin and levels of tumour necrosis factor-alpha.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\"><i style=\"outline: none; position: static;\">&#8220;The majority of studies in humans show the more food you eat, the more salt you consume, the fatter you are,&#8221;<\/i>\u00a0said Zhu.\u00a0<i style=\"outline: none; position: static;\">&#8220;Our study adjusted for what these young people ate and drank and there was still a correlation between salt intake and obesity.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\"><i style=\"outline: none; position: static;\">&#8220;Obesity has a lot of contributing factors, including physical inactivity<\/i>,&#8221; she explained.\u00a0<i style=\"outline: none; position: static;\">&#8220;We think that high sodium intake could be one of those factors.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\"><b style=\"outline: none; position: static;\">Study details<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none; 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position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\">Dietary sodium intake was estimated by 7-day 24-hour dietary recall, while percentage body fat was measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. Subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue and visceral adipose tissue were also assessed using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and fasting blood samples were measured for leptin, adiponectin, C-reactive protein, tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and intercellular adhesion molecule-1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\">Average sodium intake was found to be 3280 mg per day, with 97% of teens exceededing the American Heart Association recommendation for sodium intake.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\">Zhu revealed that analysis of their data showed dietary sodium intake to be independently associated with body weight, BMI, waist circumference, percent body fat, fat mass, subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue, leptin, and TNF-alpha.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\">No relationship was found between dietary sodium intake and visceral adipose tissue, skinfold thickness, adiponectin, C-reactive protein, or intercellular adhesion molecule-1, they added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\">&#8220;We hope these findings will reinforce for parents and pediatricians alike that daily decisions about how much salt children consume can set the stage for fatness, chronic inflammation and a host of associated diseases like hypertension and diabetes,&#8221; said study co-author Dr. Gregory Harshfield.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\">The team noted that while their new study does not prove a causal effect, it contributes to mounting evidence that high sodium could be a direct cause of obesity and inflammation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\">Longitudinal or randomised clinical trials are needed to clarify the relationships, added the team.<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline: none; position: static; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;\">Source:\u00a0<i style=\"outline: none; position: static;\">Pediatrics<\/i><br style=\"outline: none; position: static;\" \/>Published online ahead of print, doi:\u00a0<a style=\"outline: none; position: static; color: #2d578d;\" href=\"http:\/\/pediatrics.aappublications.org\/content\/early\/2014\/01\/28\/peds.2013-1794\" target=\"_self\">10.1542\/peds.2013-1794<\/a>\u00a0<br style=\"outline: none; position: static;\" \/><i style=\"outline: none; position: static;\">&#8220;Dietary Sodium, Adiposity, and Inflammation in Healthy Adolescents&#8221;<\/i><br style=\"outline: none; position: static;\" \/>Authors: Haidong Zhu, Norman K. Pollock,\u00a0<i style=\"outline: none; position: static;\">et al<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>association established n=800 US teens http:\/\/www.foodnavigator-usa.com\/R-D\/Is-salt-linked-to-obesity-Study-links-adolescent-salt-intake-to-obesity-and-inflammation\/ Is salt linked to obesity? Study links adolescent salt intake to obesity and inflammation 07-Feb-2014 Related tags:\u00a0Salt,\u00a0Sodium,\u00a0Obesity,\u00a0Inflammation,\u00a0Fat Related topics:\u00a0The obesity problem,\u00a0Sodium reduction,\u00a0R&amp;D,\u00a0Bakery,\u00a0Snacks,\u00a0Preservatives and acidulants High intakes of salt throughout adolescence may be associated with levels of obesity and inflammation, regardless of calories consumed, say researchers. 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