Ultra-processed food consumption and the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the Tianjin Chronic Low-grade Systemic Inflammation and Health Cohort Study.
Shunming ZhangShinan GanQing ZhangLi LiuGe MengZhanxin YaoHongmei WuYeqing GuYawen WangTingjing ZhangXuena WangShaomei SunXing WangMing ZhouQiyu JiaKun SongLu QiKai Jun NiuPublished in: International journal of epidemiology (2021)
Our study indicates that higher ultra-processed food consumption is associated with a higher risk of NAFLD. This finding suggests that ultra-processed food, which is widely consumed worldwide, might be a modifiable dietary target to reduce the risk of NAFLD.