2023-09-02 20:39:48
The head of the University of Edinburgh’s public health department has attributed the early spread of cancer to eating a diet mostly made up of highly processed foods. She pointed out that in high-income countries such as the UK, Denmark and the US, cancer cases have become more common in people under 50.
In an article published in The Guardian, she said: “It’s an unusual pattern, as cancer has for decades been thought of as a disease linked to aging.”
She noted that the rise in cancer rates among young people was surprising and alarming. Data from the Group of Twenty industrialized countries show that between 1990 and 2019, cancer rates increased by 22% among people aged 25 to 29, while cancer rates among people aged 30 to 34 reached their highest level ever.
The article suggests that to understand the spread of early cancer, it is necessary to look at specific types of cancer and the risk factors associated with them. The increase in early cancer cases since 1990 is mainly in breast, colon, esophagus, kidney, liver and pancreas cancer, which means that there is a specific group of organs and tissues affected by these cancers. Therefore, we can look at environmental factors that might affect all of these organs and tissues.
She went on to say: “Although cancer itself is a complex disease, the risk factors are generally the same: smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity, physical inactivity and poor diet.
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