Food processing and cancer risk in Europe: results from the prospective EPIC cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Food processing has been hypothesised to play a role in cancer development; however, data from large-scale epidemiological studies are scarce. This study investigated the association between dietary intake according to amount of food processing and risk of cancer at 25 anatomical sites using data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study.

Methods

This study used data from the prospective EPIC cohort study, which recruited participants between March 18, 1991, and July 2, 2001, from 23 centres in ten European countries. Participant eligibility within each cohort was based on geographical or administrative boundaries. Participants were excluded if they had a cancer diagnosis before recruitment, had missing information for the

SUBMITTER: Kliemann N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10009757 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature