TY - JOUR
T1 - Ultra-processed foods and cancer risk
T2 - from global food systems to individual exposures and mechanisms
AU - Kliemann, Nathalie
AU - Al Nahas, Aline
AU - Vamos, Eszter P.
AU - Touvier, Mathilde
AU - Kesse-Guyot, Emmanuelle
AU - Gunter, Marc J.
AU - Millett, Christopher
AU - Huybrechts, Inge
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by Cancer Research UK [Ref: C33493/A29678] and World Cancer Research Fund International [Ref: IIG_FULL_2020_033].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
PY - 2022/7/1
Y1 - 2022/7/1
N2 - Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have become increasingly dominant globally, contributing to as much as 60% of total daily energy intake in some settings. Epidemiological evidence suggests this worldwide shift in food processing may partly be responsible for the global obesity epidemic and chronic disease burden. However, prospective studies examining the association between UPF consumption and cancer outcomes are limited. Available evidence suggests that UPFs may increase cancer risk via their obesogenic properties as well as through exposure to potentially carcinogenic compounds such as certain food additives and neoformed processing contaminants. We identify priority areas for future research and policy implications, including improved understanding of the potential dual harms of UPFs on the environment and cancer risk. The prevention of cancers related to the consumption of UPFs could be tackled using different strategies, including behaviour change interventions among consumers as well as bolder public health policies needed to improve food environments.
AB - Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have become increasingly dominant globally, contributing to as much as 60% of total daily energy intake in some settings. Epidemiological evidence suggests this worldwide shift in food processing may partly be responsible for the global obesity epidemic and chronic disease burden. However, prospective studies examining the association between UPF consumption and cancer outcomes are limited. Available evidence suggests that UPFs may increase cancer risk via their obesogenic properties as well as through exposure to potentially carcinogenic compounds such as certain food additives and neoformed processing contaminants. We identify priority areas for future research and policy implications, including improved understanding of the potential dual harms of UPFs on the environment and cancer risk. The prevention of cancers related to the consumption of UPFs could be tackled using different strategies, including behaviour change interventions among consumers as well as bolder public health policies needed to improve food environments.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41416-022-01749-y
DO - 10.1038/s41416-022-01749-y
M3 - Review article
C2 - 35236935
AN - SCOPUS:85125523700
SN - 0007-0920
VL - 127
SP - 14
EP - 20
JO - British Journal of Cancer
JF - British Journal of Cancer
IS - 1
ER -