Processed meat intake and chronic disease morbidity and mortality: An overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

ABSTRACT: Despite the nutritional value of meat, a large volume of reviews and meta-analyses suggests that processed meat intake is associated with an increased risk of chronic diseases. However, assessments of the quality of these published reviews internal validity are generally lacking. We systematically reviewed and assessed the quality alongside summarizing the results of previously published systematic reviews and meta-analyses that examined the association between processed meat intake and cancers, type II diabetes (T2D), and cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Reviews and meta-analyses published until May 2018 were identified through a systematic literature search in the databases MEDLINE and EMBASE, and reference lists of included reviews. The quality of the systematic reviews and meta-analyses

SUBMITTER: Handel MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6797176 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature