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141It should also be noted that a very weak association between the consumption of fruit and vegetables as a whole
and overall cancer rates is not inconsistent with the evidence of the effects of fruit and vegetable consumption on
site-specific cancers, or the evidence that specific types of fruit or vegetables may have an effect, particularly on
the risk of site-specific cancers, and suggests that further specific studies are required, particularly those which
attempt to account for potential interactions between tobacco^1118 and alcohol.^419
Other conditions
Although not sufficient to develop evidence statements, individual studies found an association between other
health 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 cancer112 0
• decreased risk of various upper digestive tract cancers45,877,1121-1123
• decreased risk of prostate cancer437,1124
• decreased risk of obesity.1125-1126
Although not sufficient to develop evidence statements, individual studies found no evidence of an association
between consumption of fruit and vegetables and pancreatic cancer.771,1127,1128