Fatty foods are disastrous for teens

Unhealthy eating, excess weight - the scourge of our society, and especially teenagers. As it turned out, fatty foods, when exposed to the brain during development, negatively affect memory, and obesity leads to hearing loss.

Eating tasty fatty foods can lead to obesity, heart problems, diabetes, and other unpleasant problems. But what if you eat in moderation? Adults can eat fats in moderation, but teenagers are advised to avoid fatty foods to prevent memory problems.

Scientists have published data from testing mice at the Catholic University of St. Paul (Madrid). For more than two months, 15 teenage males were given a diet containing almost half of their calories in unhealthy saturated fatty acids. Moreover, the total number of calories was not overstated. Another part of the subjects consumed the same number of calories without exceeding the level of saturated fats. The same experiment was conducted on adults.

The researchers focused their attention on the spatial memory of mice. The animals were placed in a test pen containing a chamber and two Lego pieces. The rodents knew the location and one object, and had to examine the second unfamiliar object. The mice were given ten minutes to study, then returned to the cage. The test was repeated after 60 minutes and a day, each time adding something new. The essence of the study was the speed of the individual's reaction to the presence of an unidentified object.

Adolescent mice fed increased amounts of fatty acids needed more time to recognize familiar and unfamiliar objects. The high-fat diet had a negative effect on spatial memory. Naturally, they had no weight problems or diabetes. It was suggested that saturated fats affect the brain activity of growing mice.

The study noted changes in the neural structure of the hippocampus of adolescent mice that consumed saturated fats. Switching the rodents to a normal diet did not change the situation, which proved the long-term impact of fats on the body.

The Columbia University Medical Center has shown a link between hearing loss and obesity at a young age. Hearing loss occurs across the entire frequency range, especially in the low frequencies. Frequencies of 2 Hz and below are not perceived by overweight teenagers. This is not critical, since human hearing is in the range of 20 Hz-20 kHz. However, problems often arise within the noise of a metropolis.

In 2005-2006, the US National Center for Health Statistics assessed the health of young people aged 12-19. It was suggested that obesity reduces the amount of anti-inflammatory protein (adiponectin) produced by adipose tissue. A decrease in protein causes an inflammatory reaction that can cause pathologies of the cells of the inner ear that perceive acoustic signals. Excess weight with its weapons - diabetes and vascular diseases - can already harm the body.

So you have to think before crossing the threshold of McDonald's.

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