Guidelines Dietary - Eat For Health

It should also be noted that a very weak association between the consumption of fruit and vegetables as a wholeand overall cancer rates is not inconsistent with the evidence of the effects of fruit and vegetable consumption onsite-specific cancers, or the evidence that specific types of fruit or vegetables may have an effect, particularly onthe risk of site-specific cancers, and suggests that further specific studies are required, particularly those whichattempt to account for potential interactions between tobacco 1118 and alcohol. 419Other conditionsAlthough not sufficient to develop evidence statements, individual studies found an association between otherhealth conditions and consumption of fruit and vegetables. These include:• decreased risk of hypertension 1119• decreased risk of dementia 517• decreased risk of head and neck cancer 1120• decreased risk of various upper digestive tract cancers 45,877,1121-1123• decreased risk of prostate cancer 437,1124• decreased risk of obesity. 1125-1126Although not sufficient to develop evidence statements, individual studies found no evidence of an associationbetween consumption of fruit and vegetables and pancreatic cancer. 771,1127,1128AppendicesNational Health and Medical Research Council141