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The participants were drawn from 10 European nations, which could mean the results aren’t true for the whole world. Participants were weighed and measured for the study and then reported their weight again five years later, also giving detailed information about their regular diet and what kind of food they usually ate. The end results showed that on the whole eating meat was linked with weight gain in both men and women.

This link between meat and weight gain persisted even when other factors like physical activity and calorie intake were looked at, which could have affected the results. According to the team this means that for those who eat the same number of calories an extra 250g of meat a day led to an additional weight gain of 2kg (5lbs) over five years.