Adam C. Ehrlich, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and Program Director of the Gastroenterology Fellowship and Co-Medical Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program at Temple University Hospital, offered insight to MedPage Today about the multinational PURE study, which found that eating ultra-processed food and fried food was associated with a greater risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Dr. Ehrlich was not involved with the study.