Associations Between Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Adverse Brain Health Outcomes.
Bhave V, Oladele C, Ament Z, Kijpaisalratana N, Jones A, Couch C, Patki A, Garcia Guarniz A, Bennett A, Crowe M, Irvin M, Kimberly W. Associations Between Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Adverse Brain Health Outcomes. Neurology 2024, 102: e209432. PMID: 38776524, PMCID: PMC11175629, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000209432.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUltra-processed foodsIntake of ultra-processed foodsRisk of cognitive impairmentIncident cognitive impairmentRecommended dietary patternsMinimally processed foodsCognitive impairmentEffects of ultra-processed foodsDietary patternsUltra-processed food consumptionAssociated with higher risk of cognitive impairmentSelf-reported dietary dataBaseline food frequency questionnaireAssociated with risk of strokeHigher risk of cognitive impairmentMediterranean-DASH InterventionBrain health outcomesFood frequency questionnaireAssociated with riskAssociated with higher riskIndependent of adherenceHistory of strokeReview of medical recordsCox proportional hazards modelsUltra-processed