Background Ultra-processed foods have now become dominant in the global food system.
Whether their consumption is associated with cardiovascular mortality remains controversial.
Moreover, data on ultra-processed foods and cardiovascular outcomes are scarce in the US
population. We aimed to examine the association of ultra-processed food consumption with
cardiovascular mortality in a US population. Methods A population-based cohort of 91,891
participants was identified from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer …

Objective To examine the association between consumption of ultra-processed foods and
risk of colorectal cancer among men and women from three large prospective cohorts.
Design Prospective cohort study with dietary intake assessed every four years using food
frequency questionnaires. Setting Three large US cohorts. Participants Men (n= 46 341)
from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (1986-2014) and women (n= 159 907) from
the Nurses' Health Study (1986-2014; n= 67 425) and the Nurses' Health Study II (1991 …