Health effects associated with consumption of unprocessed red meat: a Burden of Proof study.

ABSTRACT: Characterizing the potential health effects of exposure to risk factors such as red meat consumption is essential to inform health policy and practice. Previous meta-analyses evaluating the effects of red meat intake have generated mixed findings and do not formally assess evidence strength. Here, we conducted a systematic review and implemented a meta-regression-relaxing conventional log-linearity assumptions and incorporating between-study heterogeneity-to evaluate the relationships between unprocessed red meat consumption and six potential health outcomes. We found weak evidence of association between unprocessed red meat consumption and colorectal cancer, breast cancer, type 2 diabetes and ischemic heart disease. Moreover, we found no evidence of an association between unprocessed red

SUBMITTER: Lescinsky H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9556326 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature