Dietary intake of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and changes in body weight in European adults

Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) can be formed in foods by the reaction of reducing sugars with proteins, and have been shown to induce insulin resistance and obesity in experimental studies. We examined the association between dietary AGEs intake and changes in body weight in adults over an average of 5 years of follow-up.A total of 255,170 participants aged 25-70 years were recruited in ten European countries (1992-2000) in the PANACEA...