ArticleNutrients2024
Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods and Semen Quality in Healthy Young Men Living in Italy.
Article in Nutrients, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Ultra-processed food consumption and risk of infertility in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- The 24/7 lifestyle and male hormonal health: how sleep deprivation and ultra-processed foods impact testosterone and reproduction.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2026Review
- Periconceptional ultra-processed food consumption in women and men, fertility, and early embryonic development.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Ultra-processed food intake and male reproductive function: a mini-review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Is obesity the missing link? Ultra-processed foods and metabolic and reproductive outcomes: a narrative review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Ultra-processed food exposure and health outcomes: Current evidence, controversies, and future perspectives.EXCLI journal · 2026Review
- Genetic, Epigenetic, and Non-Genetic Factors in Testicular Dysgenesis Syndrome: A Narrative Review.Genes · 2025Review
- Health impacts of exposure to synthetic chemicals in food.Nature medicine · 2025Review
- The association between consumption of ultra-processed foods and sperm quality parameters: a cross-sectional study.BMC research notes · 2025Article
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Abstract
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objectivesThe study aim was to evaluate the association between UPF consumption and semen quality in a sample of healthy young men in Italy.
methodsA cross-sectional analysis was carried out using data from 126 participants (mean age ± SD 20.0 ± 1.2 years) enrolled in the FASt randomized controlled trial. Food intake was assessed through the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) FFQ. Food items were categorized according to the Nova classification based on their purpose and extent of processing as follows: (1) unprocessed/minimally processed foods; (2) processed culinary ingredients; (3) processed foods; and (4) UPFs. The weight ratio (%) between each Nova group (g/d) and total food (g/d) was then calculated. For semen analyses, sperm volume, concentration, motility and morphology were measured. The associations between UPF consumption (quarters of) and semen quality parameters were estimated using multivariable-adjusted linear regression models.
resultsParticipants consuming high UPFs (Q4), compared to those in the bottom category of intake (Q1), had a lower sperm concentration (β = -54.16 × 10
conclusionsA large dietary intake of UPFs was inversely associated with sperm concentration and progressive motility in reproductive-age men. These findings suggest that dietary recommendations for improving male fertility and sperm health should also recommend limiting UPFs.
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