Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Systemic Inflammatory Biomarkers: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

The consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF) has increased worldwide and has been hypothesized to contribute to chronic diseases, including conditions characterized by inflammatory dysregulation. We conducted a scoping review to map the human evidence on the relationship between UPF consumption and systemic inflammatory biomarkers.

Methods

We developed a search strategy combining terms for UPF with terms for circulating inflammatory biomarkers, including C-reactive protein (CRP/hs-CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), interleukin-8 (IL-8), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), and leptin. Findings were synthesized separately for children/adolescents and adu

SUBMITTER: Ciaffi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12472508 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature