At Preventive Health Advisor, we are committed to promoting ideal health, and children come first. Some population studies have shown that consumption of certain meats either by the pregnant mother, or by the child may result in an increased risk of childhood cancers. In the studies below, the odds ratio was used to calculate risk. Odds ratio is the odds of an event occurring in the exposed group compared to the odds of it occurring in the group which is not exposed. An OR of 1 means that both groups have the same odds. An OR of 1.5 means that the risk is 50% greater. An OR of 2 means that the risk is doubled, and so forth. Preston-Martin S et al conducted an interview of each mother of 549 children under age 20 with a diagnosis of primary brain tumor and 801children without cancer. Researchers found an increased brain tumor risk in offspring of mothers with relatively high consumption levels of nitrite from cured meats with nitrites during their pregnancies with an odds ratio (OR) = 2.1 for eating at least twice a day compared to not eating cured meat with nitrites. Sarasua S et al found that children whose mothers consumed one or more hot dogs per week during pregnancy had twice the normal risk of developing brain tumors (OR = 2.3). Among children, eating hamburgers one or more times per week was associated with risk of lymphocytic leukemia (OR = 2.0) and children who consumed one or more hot dogs per week were also at higher risk of brain cancer (R = 2.1). Peters JM et al found that children eating more than 12 hot dogs per month have 9 times the normal risk of developing childhood leukemia (odds ratio [OR] = 9.5). A strong risk for childhood leukemia also existed for those children whose fathers’ intake of hot dogs was 12 or more per month (OR = 11.0). Interestingly, when fruit was consumed in the diet with the meats, it was not found to provide any protection from the cancer risk. References: Preston-Martin S, Pogoda JM, Mueller BA, Holly EA, Lijinsky W, Davis RL. Maternal consumption of cured meats and vitamins in relation to paediatric brain tumours. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomark. Prev. 1996; 5: 599-605. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8824361 Sarasua S, Savitz D. Cured and broiled meat consumption in relation to childhood cancer: Denver, Colorado (United States). Cancer Causes & Control 1994; 5:141-8. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8167261 Peters JM, Preston-Martin S, London SJ, Bowman JD, Buckley JD, Thomas DC. Processed meats and risk of childhood leukemia (California, USA). Cancer Causes & Control 5: 195-202, 1994. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8167267
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