{"id":3317,"date":"2025-02-02T14:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T19:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/claremontcoloniccenter.com\/?p=3317"},"modified":"2025-02-02T09:41:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T14:41:35","slug":"those-nfl-snack-ads-are-fun-but-you-should-be-careful-of-the-foods-they-sell-study-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/claremontcoloniccenter.com\/?p=3317","title":{"rendered":"Those NFL Snack Ads Are Fun, But You Should Be Careful of the Foods They Sell, Study Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tThis Super Bowl Sunday, keep an eye out for bad calls, fouls and dangerous sodium levels. <\/b><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tFoods advertised in National Football League commercials contain an average of nearly 40% of the daily recommended sodium intake, according to a new study.

\n\n\u201cWe proved what probably a lot of people have long suspected, and that is that foods advertised during NFL games \u2026 are frequently high in sodium and calories and fat content,\u201d said senior study author Dr. Paul Hauptman, dean of the University of Nevada, Reno\u2019s School of Medicine and chief academic officer for Renown Health.

\n\n\nResearchers recorded 10 NFL games between September 2023 and November 2023 and analyzed the number and duration of commercials advertising food products. The team then looked at the nutritional information of those foods.

\n\nAbout 10% of the content, or 102 commercials, were advertising food, according to the study published Thursday in the journal JAMA Network Open.

\n\nThe sodium content of those foods ranged from 220 milligrams to 1,872 milligrams, with a median amount of 910 milligrams, the study showed.

\n\nThe Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends people consume less than 2,300 milligrams per day.\n\nFast-food restaurants advertised the products with the highest amount of sodium, the researchers found.

\n\n Salt\u2019s impact on heart health <\/b>

\n\nEating too much salt can have many negative effects on your health.

\n\nHigh levels of sodium in a diet can lead to worsening of heart failure and hypertension, or high blood pressure, Hauptman said.

\n\n\u201cBlood pressure is directly related to stroke, cardiovascular disease \u2013\u2013 even to death from cardiovascular disease and heart failure,\u201d said hypertension specialist Dr. Stephen Juraschek, an associate professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston. He was not involved in the research.

\n\n\u201cHypertension affects nearly half the US population, 1.5 billion adults worldwide, and is growing,\u201d he added. \u201cThis is a tremendous problem.\u201d

\n\nSalt isn\u2019t the only problematic ingredient in a lot of the foods advertised on television. The fat and calorie contents are often high as well, which can have an especially negative impact on people with diabetes, Hauptman said.

\n The emotions of eating<\/b>

\n\nMany aspects of watching a football game can impact the way you eat. It\u2019s a sedentary activity, people often serve special foods to share, and the commercials make unhealthy foods look exciting to eat, Juraschek said.

\n\n\u201cAdvertising in general is intended to encourage certain types of behaviors, and when you look at products when they\u2019re being advertised, they\u2019re usually showing people smiling in kind of memorable, exciting occasions, maybe with loved ones or friends,\u201d he added.

\n\nMany of the elements that go into how you make your food choices are emotional, Juraschek said. Maybe you celebrate certain occasions with a particular food, or a certain dish is associated with spending time with people you love.

\n\nAdvertisements may be trying to send you the message that partaking in the food they are trying to sell you will contribute to feeling close to your loved ones or having a good time, he added.

\n\n\u201cAnd if those items are high in sodium and are highly processed \u2026 folks will be directed towards consuming more of those products, which is really concerning,\u201d Juraschek said.

\n\nBecause food choices are so often tied to traditions and memories and it can be so hard to adjust, Juraschek recommends being careful about what you are feeding children.

\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s so important early on that we don\u2019t overexpose young children to high sodium,\u201d Juraschek said. \u201cGetting them hooked at a young age can contribute to a lifetime of chronic disease and disability.\u201d

\n How to reduce your sodium<\/b>

\n\nEating a healthy diet isn\u2019t always easy.

\n\nOne essential step is to recognize where the sodium in your diet is coming from, Juraschek said.

\n\nMany patients say they don\u2019t add salt in their cooking, but it\u2019s also important to look at the processed foods you eat \u2013\u2013 such as breads and deli meats \u2013\u2013 which can have a surprising amount of sodium.

\n\n\u201cWhenever you get away from the produce and kind of the fresh meat sections of the store and get to the middle, you\u2019d be like, \u2018Wow, there\u2019s so many different products here, but almost every single one, universally, has a large amount of sodium,\u2019\u201d Juraschek added.

\n\nGoing to a restaurant also can result in higher sodium consumption than home-cooked food, he said.

\n\nNext, try to make simple switches to lower-sodium options, Juraschek said. Not all chips, dressings or dips have the same sodium content.

\n\n\u201cWe grow up with certain traditions, exposures \u2013\u2013 we have memories around those food items,\u201d he added. \u201cThat\u2019s one way that we can still kind of enjoy that product, but maybe with less exposure.\u201d

\n\nAnd you might find that, over time, you don\u2019t miss the salt so much.

\n\n\u201cPatients who are able to adhere to a low-sodium diet, not only are their symptoms better if they have heart failure, but their palate sort of adjusts,\u201d Hauptman said.

\n\nThen, when patients are given foods high in sodium, they can taste it \u2013\u2013 and they don\u2019t often like it, he added.

\n\u201cEat in moderation, and just try to read labels,\u201d Hauptman said.


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