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• Prospective cohort study in UK Biobank Published 5 June 2026, before this issue's coverage window. Carried as a catch up.

  Plant-Based Diets, Ultra-Processed Foods, and Risks of Mortality and Major Chronic Diseases: A Prospective Cohort Study

  Published on 5 June 2026, this UK Biobank analysis of 124,836 adults found that people sticking closely to a healthy plant based pattern had lower rates of death, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease whether that pattern was high or low in ultra processed food. The authors read this as diet quality mattering more than processing level.

  The Lancet Regional Health · Thompson et al. · Queen's University Belfast · 5 June 2026 · PMID 42294356

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