Eating a lot of salt might raise the chance of stomach cancer more for Japanese people than for others, according to big studies that looked at many groups over time.

Eating a lot of salt might raise your chances of getting stomach cancer, especially in adults. The more salt you eat, the higher the risk seems to be.

Eating more salty foods might raise the chance of getting stomach cancer in grown-ups, according to a big review of health studies.

Eating a lot of salty preserved foods might raise your chances of getting stomach cancer by about one-quarter compared to eating less of them, but this link isn't as strong as other ways salt could affect cancer risk.

Eating more salt is linked to a higher chance of having a stomach condition called gastric intestinal metaplasia, which means your stomach lining changes in a way that might not be healthy.

Eating salty foods seems to be more strongly linked to early stomach changes that can lead to cancer than to actual cancer itself, meaning salt might affect cancer risk earlier in the process.