Higher Ultraprocessed Food Intake Associated with Vascular Brain Injury on MRI

Middle-aged adults with the highest ultraprocessed food intake had 40% higher adjusted odds of vascular brain injury on MRI (covert brain infarcts or high white matter hyperintensities) compared to lowest intake, a cross-sectional study of 8,783 adults found. No cognitive test d…

• Body fat was 1.7 percentage points higher and visceral adipose tissue 5.7 mL greater in the highest intake group.
• Vascular brain injury was defined as covert brain infarcts or high white matter hyperintensity volume.

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