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Poor diets at age 56 associated with higher risks 10 years laterKey Takeaways -Diets high in ultraprocessed foods were tied to prodromal Parkinson's disease, incident Parkinson's, and Parkinson's-specific mortality. -The study followed 120,000 U.K. Biobank participants for a median of 10.5 years. -Ultraprocessed food intake has been tied to dementia, but data about Parkinson's disease were sparse until recently. A diet high in ultraprocessed foods was tied to a higher risk of Parkinson's disease, prospective data from the U.K. Biobank suggested. Over a median follow-up of 10.5 years, the highest quartile of ultraprocessed food consumption was associated with three or...