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Saturday, October 17, 2026● Updated 6:00 AM ET
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Big study finds no overall link between ultraprocessed food and colon cancer in older adults

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Researchers followed more than 460,000 people ages 50 to 71 for 23 years. The finding doesn't make heavily processed food healthy, but it adds nuance to a crowded field of diet-and-cancer headlines.

Source: NBC News

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