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Ultraprocessed food consumption and risk of gallstone disease: analysis of 3 prospective cohorts

Fans of ultra-processed foods and beverages, including sugar and artificially sweetened beverages, may have a high tendency of developing gallstones.

Can our choice of diet put us at risk of developing gallstones? A team of researchers from the United States attempted to answer the above question using dietary and health information from over 200,000 men and women.

Researchers observed that gallstones occurred at a higher rate among frequent consumers of ultra-processed foods and beverages, particularly sugar and artificially-sweetened beverages. This study highlighted the connection between ultra-processed food and beverage consumption and increased risk of gallstones.

Research Summary Information

  • 2024
  • Eugenia Uche-Anya, Jane Ha, Neha Khandpur, Sinara Laurini Rossato, Yiqing Wang, Long H Nguyen, Mingyang Song, Edward Giovannucci, Andrew T Chan
  • Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States. Electronic address: eucheanya@mgh.harvard.edu. Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States. Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States. Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States; Laboratory of Research and Extension in Epidemiology and Health (Lapex-Epi), Institute of Geography, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil. Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States. Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States. Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States.
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