The consumption of fried foods is associated with a higher risk of premature death

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – According to an American study, women who eat fried chicken every day are at 13% more risk of premature death than women who do not eat it.

The study concluded that fried fish is not much better for health: the odds are increased by 7% per day.

"Consuming fried foods increases the total number of calories and, as a result, the risk of obesity is associated with a higher risk of death," said Wei Bao, senior researcher at the University of Hawaii. 39; Iowa.

"In our study, we took into account the total number of calories consumed, the lifestyle and the level of obesity.After excluding the effects of these factors, there was a correlation between fried foods and death. in general, as well as deaths from cardiovascular disease.

To conduct this study, researchers examined food questionnaires from approximately 107,000 women aged 50 to 79 who participated in the Women's Health Initiative study between 1993 and 2017.

The researchers followed the participants for about 18 years on average. During the follow-up period, 3,588 women died, including 9,320 with heart problems, while 8,358 died of cancer.

To evaluate the consumption of fried foods, the researchers examined what participants had said about the consumption of certain foods at the beginning of the study, including fried chicken, fried fish, fries and other foods cooked the same way.

After ruling out the effect of other factors that may accelerate death, the researchers concluded that regular consumption of fried foods was associated with an increased risk of death, regardless of the cause, and problems in particular, but there was no clear association with cancer death.