A group of researchers proposed a ranking system to simplify the importance or not of certain products in disease progression
Rating system, from one to five stars, to find out
relationship between consumption of certain products and disease developmentYes It is a proposal by a group of researchers to convey it simply to the public
health risk which can be avoided.
The Institute for Health Measurement and Evaluation (IHME) in the United States, known worldwide for its studies on human health, has conducted an investigation of studies published in 180 areas and the results, released last Monday, offer contrasting data.
“What was surprising was to find how small the association between some eating habits and health hazards was,” said study co-author Christopher Murray, who heads the IHME.
For example, the relationship between smoking and
lung cancer received a five-star rating, which means completely provable links and obvious dangers.
In contrast, the association between eating beef and heart attack risk received only one star, because “there is no evidence that such an association exists,” the study explains.
As for the link between red meat and colon cancer, breast cancer or diabetes, the study received a two-star rating. “I was very surprised by the weakness of many of the results linking diet to risk” for health, explained the person in charge.
Murray warns that “everyone pays attention to the latest published studies” when results “often range from black to white.”
To investigate the association between a vegetable-rich diet and health, the researchers compared 50 questionnaire-based studies of 4.6 million participants in 34 countries. If the number of vegetables consumed each day is increased from zero to four, it means a 23% reduction in the risk of ischemic stroke.
The association between eating vegetables and diabetes (category 2) received only one star.
Doubts about the effectiveness of this point system
However, some scientists, such as Kevin McConway of the Open University in the UK, warn that such star ratings are “too big a risk”.
Another expert, Duane Mellor of England’s Aston University, believes the study results were “unexpected” because the health problems were caused by highly processed meat products, such as sausages, rather than raw beef. .
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United States, Food, Science, Junk food, Colon cancer, Diabetes, Diet and nutrition, Tobacco, Health, Cancer, Breast cancer
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