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Meat, vegetables and health — interpreting the evidence

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Although questions remain about several diet and disease associations, current evidence supports dietary guidelines to limit red meat and increase vegetable intake.

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T.Y.N.T. is supported by the Nuffield Department of Population Health Fellowship and the UK Medical Research Council (MR/M012190/1). K.P. is supported by the Wellcome Trust, Our Planet Our Health (Livestock, Environment, and People (LEAP); grant no. 205212/Z/16/Z) and Cancer Research UK (C570/A16491 and A29186).

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    Tammy Y. N. Tong, Keren Papier & Timothy J. Key

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Tong, T.Y.N., Papier, K. & Key, T.J. Meat, vegetables and health — interpreting the evidence. Nat Med 28, 2001–2002 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-02006-8

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