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# Red meat linked to higher risk of diabetes
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/avanda_on_the_market_1607100128/
- Published: 2010-07-16T14:27:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T15:43:10.000Z
- Description: Across 75,512 adults in Hawaii followed a mean 14 years, men eating the most red meat were 43 percent more likely to develop diabetes and women 30 percent. For processed red meat the increases were 57 and 45 percent. Fresh poultry showed no link to diabetes risk.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Diabetes, Avoiding Illness, Red Meat, Poultry, #vivvo-import

**Red meat linked to higher risk of diabetes**

A new study suggests that consuming too much of red meat may boost risk of developing diabetes, particularly in Caucasians.

The study showed that those who had highest intakes of red meat were about 50 percent more likely to develop type 2 diabetes.

For the study, Steinbrecher A and colleagues from the University of Hawaii examined data on diet, lifestyle and meat consumption from a total of 29,759 Caucasian, 35,244 Japanese-American and 10,509 Native Hawaiian men and women aged 45 to 75 years at baseline.

During a mean follow-up of 14 years, 8587 participants were diagnosed with diabetes.

A Cox regression statistical model was used to calculate hazard ratios for those having their intake of meat in the highest quintile and those in the lowest quintile.

The researchers found men who had the highest intake of red meat consumption were 43 percent more likely to develop diabetes and for women, the increase in the risk was 30 percent.

For processed red meat intake, the increase in the risk in men and women who had highest intake was 57 percent and 45 percent compared to those who had the lowest intake.

The association of processed poultry was less significant than processed red meat and fresh poultry intake was not linked with diabetes risk.

Among men, the risk of diabetes related to consumption of the red and processed red meat varied with ethnicity. And Caucasians had slightly higher risks than Japane3se Americans.

The researchers concluded that "Our findings support the growing evidence that red and processed meat intake increase risk for diabetes irrespective of ethnicity and level of BMI."

By David Liu

Source:

Public Health Nutr. 2010 Jul 13:1-7.

Meat consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: the Multiethnic Cohort.

Steinbrecher A, Erber E, Grandinetti A, Kolonel L, Maskarinec G.

1Cancer Research Center, University of Hawaii, 1236 Lauhala Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA.

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