对超加工食品和癌症的证据进行导航:叙述性审查
Sindhu Vithayathil1, Maryam Walizada2, Gowtham Siddi3
1Medicine, American University of Antigua, Coolidge, ATG.
Cureus
|December 8, 2025
概括
全球超加工食品 (UPF) 的消费量正在上升,这与癌症发病率的增加相吻合. 研究表明,UPF与更高的癌症风险之间存在联系,尽管需要更多的研究来确认因果关系.
科学领域:
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 全球超加工食品 (UPF) 的消费量正在增加,而营养密集食品的摄入量正在下降.
- 癌症发病率,特别是在年轻人群中,正在上升,促使对导致因素的调查.
- 在UPF消费和癌症风险之间的潜在联系是一个越来越多的科学兴趣的领域.
研究的目的:
- 评估超加工食品消费与癌症风险之间的关联的证据.
- 综合观察性研究,系统性审查和关于UPF和癌症的文献评论的发现.
主要方法:
- 在PubMed,PMC和ScienceDirect数据库中进行了全面的文献搜索.
- 在2010年至2025年间发表的研究被使用与UPF和癌症风险相关的定义关键词进行了选.
- 在经过严格的相关性和质量选后,最终审查包括了11篇研究论文.
主要成果:
- 观察性研究始终表明,更高的UPF消费与患癌症的风险增加之间存在关联.
- 将UPF与癌症联系在一起的潜在机制包括接触添加剂,肠道微生物组破坏和慢性炎症.
- 在UPF和癌症之间尚未确立明确的因果关系.
结论:
- 虽然因果关系仍然不确定,但目前的证据表明,超加工食品摄入量和癌症风险增加之间存在一致的关联.
- 需要进一步的研究来阐明机制,并确认UPF与癌症之间的因果关系.
- 公共卫生策略可能需要考虑UPF消费对癌症发病率的影响.
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