common cancer in men. Specifically, scientists warn that ultra-processed foods could increase the risk of colorectal cancer - also known as bowel cancer - in men by around 29 percent.
Published in the BMJ (British Medical Journal), the study highlights the long-term health impact of consumption of this type of food and how it can increase someone's risk of one of the most prevalent cancers in the UK.
Their conclusions were reached after study of over 200,000 individuals over three large prospective studies which analysed the link between dietary intake and health risks over a period of 25 years.
From this dataset, researchers from Tufts University were able to reach the significant link between ultra-processed foods and cancer risk.
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