Research Reflections: Ep. 4 | Meat and Type 2 Diabetes
Is meat consumption associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes?
The omnivore in me struggled with this study. BUT, we still practiced curiosity.
In this episode, Dr. Alex Verge and I discuss why this headline is actually accurate and also discuss:
Our own bias and how it shows up
Exactly what question this study answered and the remaining questions for future research
The one blind spot that hopefully is a work-in-progress, so we can better address global health challenges.
The study we discussed:
Meat consumption and incident type 2 diabetes: an individual-participant federated meta-analysis of 1·97 million adults with 100 000 incident cases from 31 cohorts in 20 countries
Li, C., Bishop, T. R. P., Imamura, F., Sharp, S. J., Pearce, M., Brage, S., Ong, K. K., Ahsan, H., Bes-Rastrollo, M., Beulens, J. W. J., Braver, N. den, Byberg, L., Canhada, S., Chen, Z., Chung, H.-F., Cortés-Valencia, A., Djousse, L., Drouin-Chartier, J.-P., Du, H., … Wareham, N. J. (2024). Meat consumption and incident type 2 diabetes: an individual-participant federated meta-analysis of 1·97 million adults with 100 000 incident cases from 31 cohorts in 20 countries. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 12(9), 619–630. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2213-8587(24)00179-7
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