Always worth looking at the source info, not the media headlines...
Amongst the reviews were -
12 unique trials enrolling 54,000 participants
23 cohort studies with 1.4 million participants
17 cohorts with 2.2 million participants
70 cohort studies with just over 6 million participants
10 cohort studies with 778,000 participants
31 cohorts with 3.5 million participants
https://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2...endations-from
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The panel suggests that adults continue current unprocessed red meat consumption (weak recommendation, low-certainty evidence). Similarly, the panel suggests adults continue current processed meat consumption (weak recommendation, low-certainty evidence).
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In terms of how to interpret our weak recommendation, it indicates that the panel believed that for the majority of individuals, the desirable effects (a potential lowered risk for cancer and cardiometabolic outcomes) associated with reducing meat consumption probably do not outweigh the undesirable effects (impact on quality of life, burden of modifying cultural and personal meal preparation and eating habits). The weak recommendation reflects the panel's awareness that values and preferences differ widely, and that as a result, a minority of fully informed individuals will choose to reduce meat consumption.
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