Which is more fattening, rice or noodles such as steamed buns? The results of a study of over 100,000 Chinese people are in

Obesity, both as a trait and as a disease. Obesity is one of the top 10 chronic diseases identified by the World Health Organization. Obese people are more likely to suffer from metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease and even an important risk factor for many types of cancer.It is well known that an unreasonable diet structure is an important influence on obesity, and rice and pasta are two of the most common staple foods. So which of these two different diets, rice or noodles, is more likely to make you fat?

Recently, researchers published a research paper titled ” Staple Food Preference and Obesity Phenotypes: The Regional Ethnic Cohort Study in Northwest China” in the internationally renowned journal ” Nutrients” in the field of nutrition.

The study, which analysed over 100,000 people, found that “rice is thin, noodles are fat” – people who eat noodles as a staple food are more likely to gain weight than those who eat rice.

Compared to those who ate mainly rice, men who ate mainly noodles had a 25.7% and 11.4% increased risk of obesity and abdominal obesity respectively, and women had a 10.2% increased risk of abdominal obesity.

In the study, researchers analysed 105,840 residents, aged 35-74 years, to analyse the relationship between rice and pasta staple food preferences and obesity by collecting data on participants’ staple food preferences, height, weight, waist circumference and body fat percentage.

For staple food preference.

Eating rice every day or 4-6 times a week, but eating pasta less than 4-6 times a week, was defined as a rice-based staple food lover.

Conversely, consuming pasta 4-6 times a day or weekly and rice less than 4-6 times a week was defined as a pasta lover.

Overall, 7.84% of men and 8.28% of women consumed rice as their main diet, 48.71% of men and 49.91% of women had excess body fat, while 41.20% of men and 63.74% of women had central obesity.

The study found that higher pasta intake was associated with higher risk of obesity and abdominal obesity in men, and abdominal obesity in women.

Specifically, compared to men who ate less pasta, those who ate pasta every day had a 57.5% and 24.1% increased risk of obesity and abdominal obesity respectively. For women, the risk of abdominal obesity increased by 12.9%.

Compared to those who ate mainly pasta, the risk of obesity and abdominal obesity was reduced by 25.7% and 11.4% respectively for men who ate mainly rice, and by 10.2% for women.

Not only that, but the association of this result was even stronger in the group with normal BMI. Compared to men who ate less pasta, daily pasta eaters had a 2.2-fold increased risk of obesity and women had a 1.26-fold increased risk of abdominal obesity.

The risk of obesity and abdominal obesity was 42.9% and 22.2% lower for men and 14.9% and 23.1% lower for women, respectively, who ate mainly rice compared to those who ate mainly pasta.

Importantly, the study also showed that replacing pasta intake with equivalent rice was associated with a 19.4% reduction in the risk of obesity in men and an 8.2% reduction in the risk of abdominal obesity in women. In the group with normal BMI, replacing pasta with rice reduced the risk of obesity by 36.5% in men and 15.7% and 20.5% in women for obesity and abdominal obesity.

In conclusion, the study showed that higher pasta intake was associated with a higher risk of obesity and abdominal obesity in men, and abdominal obesity in women, even with a normal BMI.

Replacing pasta with rice was significantly associated with lower obesity in men and lower abdominal obesity in women.