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ArticleThe British journal of nutrition2026

Associations of ultra-processed food intake with bone mineral density and fractures in the UK Biobank.

Huaying Hu, Huan Huang, Lishan Cai, Lu Qi, Tao Zhou

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Article in The British journal of nutrition, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Huaying HuDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health (Shenzhen), https://ror.org/0064kty71Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
Huan HuangDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health (Shenzhen), https://ror.org/0064kty71Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
Lishan CaiDepartment of Medical Records, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, 106 Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou510080, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.
Lu QiDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Tao ZhouDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health (Shenzhen), https://ror.org/0064kty71Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2933-7033

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Given there is no prospective research evidence on the association between ultra-processed food (UPF) intake and human bone health, this study aimed to analyse the associations of UPF intake with bone mineral density (BMD) and risk of fractures using data from 163 855 participants in the UK Biobank. Multiple linear regression assessed BMD, and Cox regression models estimated fracture risk. Restricted cubic splines were used to evaluate non-linearity. Participants' average age was 56·0 years, with 1097 hip fractures and 7889 all fractures recorded over 12·0 years of follow-up. Complex inverted U-shaped associations between UPF intake and BMD were found at the femur trochanter. Compared with the lowest UPF intake, the highest UPF intake was linked to a reduction in BMD at the femoral neck (

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Bone mineral densityFracturesOsteoporosisUltra-processed foods

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