If Chinese adults like eating very salty food, they might have a much higher chance of getting stomach cancer, and the saltier they like it, the bigger the risk.

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Salt processed food and gastric cancer in a Chinese population.

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2014

The study looked at whether liking salty food leads to more stomach cancer and found that it does, just like the claim says, but it didn't give the exact big number mentioned.

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Salt processed food and gastric cancer in a Chinese population.

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DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.13.5293

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