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Fruit and vegetable consumption and the risk of hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies

Upping the intake of fruits and vegetables may help reduce the incidence of hypertension in men and women.

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  • 2023
  • Helga Madsen, Abhijit Sen, Dagfinn Aune
  • Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. Center for Oral Health Services and Research (TkMidt), Trondheim, Norway. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK. d.aune@imperial.ac.uk. Department of Nutrition, Oslo New University College, Oslo, Norway. d.aune@imperial.ac.uk. Department of Endocrinology, Morbid Obesity and Preventive Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Ullevål, Oslo, Norway. d.aune@imperial.ac.uk.
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Vegetable Protein Intake was Inversely Associated with Cardiovascular Mortality in a 15-Year Follow-Up Study of the General Japanese Population

Consuming proteins from vegetables may help to slash cardiovascular mortality risk in men and women.

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  • 2019
  • Ayako Kurihara, Tomonori Okamura, Daisuke Sugiyama, Aya Higashiyama, Makoto Watanabe, Nagako Okuda, Aya Kadota, Naoko Miyagawa, Akira Fujiyoshi, Katsushi Yoshita, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Akira Okayama, Katsuyuki Miura, Hirotsugu Ueshima; NIPPON DATA90 Research Group
  • Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Keio University School of Medicine. Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center. Department of Health and Nutrition, University of Human Arts and Sciences. Department of Public Health, Shiga University of Medical Science. Center for Epidemiologic Research in Asia, Shiga University of Medical Science. Department of Food and Nutrition, Osaka City University. Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University. Research Institute of Strategy for Prevention.
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Phytoestrogen intake from foods, during adolescence and adulthood, and risk of breast cancer by estrogen and progesterone receptor tumor subgroup among Ontario women

Increased consumption of foods loaded with phytoestrogens during adolescence may protect women against breast cancer in adulthood.

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Isoflavone Consumption and Risk of Breast Cancer: An Updated Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies

Avid consumption of foods high in isoflavones may help guard against the occurrence of breast cancer in women.

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Association of fruit and vegetable intake with predicted 10-year cardiovascular disease risk among hypertensive patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Imbibing the habit of consuming generous amounts of fruits and vegetables may shield patients with hypertension from suffering from cardiovascular disease.

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  • 2023
  • Mulugeta Mekonene, Samson Gebremedhin, Demiraw Bikila, Genet Ashebir, Kaleab Baye
  • Center for Food Science and Nutrition, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia mulugeta.mekonene@wu.edu.et. Sport Science Academy, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia. School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. National Clinical Chemistry Reference Laboratory, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Center for Food Science and Nutrition, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Raw and Cooked Vegetable Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Study of 400,000 Adults in UK Biobank

Eating raw vegetables may be beneficial for the prevention of cardiovascular disease.

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  • 2022
  • Qi Feng, Jean H Kim, Wemimo Omiyale, Jelena Bešević, Megan Conroy, Margaret May, Zuyao Yang, Samuel Yeung-Shan Wong, Kelvin Kam-Fai Tsoi, Naomi Allen, Ben Lacey
  • Nuffield Department of Population Health (NDPH), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China. Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom. SH Big Data Decision Analytics Research Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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Smoking Cessation and the Risk of Bladder Cancer among Postmenopausal Women

Quitting smoking for decades may improve a postmenopausal woman's odds of evading bladder cancer.

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  • 2019
  • Yueyao Li, Hilary A Tindle, Michael S Hendryx, Pengcheng Xun, Ka He, Xiaoyun Liang, Juhua Luo
  • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. yueyli@indiana.edu. Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; and Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Centers (GRECC), Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee. Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
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Higher ultra-processed food intake was positively associated with odds of NAFLD in both US adolescents and adults: A national survey

Boarding the ultra-processed food train may drive up our risk of developing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

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  • 2023
  • Longgang Zhao, Xinyuan Zhang, Euridice Martinez Steele, Chun-Han Lo, Fang Fang Zhang, Xuehong Zhang
  • Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Center for Epidemiological Studies in Health and Nutrition, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Internal Medicine and Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Sugar consumption, sugar sweetened beverages and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Indulgence in sugar-sweetened beverages may make an individual more likely to develop attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

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  • 2020
  • Alireza Farsad-Naeimi, Foad Asjodi, Mahsa Omidian, Mohammadreza Askari, Mehran Nouri, Ana Beatriz Pizarro, Elnaz Daneshzad
  • Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. Sport Nutrition Board, Football Medical Assessment and Rehabilitation Center (IFMARC), Tehran, Iran. Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Students Research Committee, School of Nutrition and Food Science, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Department of clinical epidemiology and biostatistics, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota Colombia. Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Students' Scientific Research Center (SSRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: daneshzad@gmail.com.
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Association between short sleep duration and intake of sugar and sugar-sweetened beverages: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

Generous ingestion of sugar-sweetened beverages may shorten the duration of sleep in both children and adults.

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  • 2022
  • Farnaz Shahdadian, Behnoosh Boozari 1, Parvane Saneei
  • Students' Scientific Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Science, Nutrition and Food Security Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Science, Nutrition and Food Security Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Electronic address: saneeip@yahoo.com.
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Dietary Polyphenols in the Aetiology of Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis-A Multicenter European Prospective Cohort Study (EPIC)

Following a diet that promotes the intake of polyphenol-rich plant foods may help curtail the development of Crohn's disease.

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  • 2017
  • Yunxia Lu, Raul Zamora-Ros, Simon Chan, Amanda J Cross, Heather Ward, Paula Jakszyn, Robert Luben, Jorrit L Opstelten, Bas Oldenburg, Göran Hallmans, Pontus Karling, Olof Grip, Timothy Key, Manuela M Bergmann, Heiner Boeing, Kim Overvad, Domenico Palli, Giovanna Masala, Kay-Tee Khaw, Antoine Racine, Franck Carbonnel, Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault, Vibeke Andersen, Anja Olsen, Anne Tjonneland, Rudolf Kaaks, Rosario Tumino, Antonia Trichopoulou, Augustin Scalbert, Elio Riboli, Andrew R Hart
  • 1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; 2Program in Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of California, Irvine, California; 3Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; 4Biomarker Group, Nutrition and Metabolism Section, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France; 5Unit of Nutrition and Cancer, Cancer Epidemiology Research Programme, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain; 6Department of Medicine, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom; 7Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, Norwich, United Kingdom; 8Strangeways Research Laboratory, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; 9Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; 10Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Nutritional Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden; 11Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, GI Unit, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden; 12Department of Clinical Sciences, University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden; 13Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; 14Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam, Germany; 15Department of Public Health, Section for Epidemiology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; 16Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Centre, Florence, Italy; 17INSERM, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Team 9, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; 18Université Paris Sud, UMRS 1018, Villejuif, France; 19Department of Gastroenterology, Bicêtre University Hospital, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France; 20Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; 21Focused Research Unit for Molecular and Clinical Research, Institute of Regional Research- Center Sønderjylland, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; 22Laboratory Center, Hospital of Southern Jutland, Aabenraa, Denmark; 23Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark; 24Division of Clinical Epidemiology, DKFZ-German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg, Germany; 25Cancer Registry and Histopathology Unit, "Civic-M.P.Arezzo" Hospital, ASP Ragusa, Italy; and 26WHO Collaborating Center for Food and Nutrition Policies, Athens, Greece.
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Physical activity and risk of inflammatory bowel disease: prospective study from the Nurses' Health Study cohorts

Adopting a physically active lifestyle may significantly slash Crohn's disease risk in women.

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