Why rise in early-onset colon cancers is ringing alarm bells about ultra-processed food


Rising rates of colon cancer in young people around the world reflect increases in the number leading sedentary lifestyles and rising consumption of ultra-processed food. - South China Morning Post

HONG KONG (Business Insider/SCMP): Colon cancer is quickly becoming a young person’s disease in countries around the world, rich and poor.

A study released recently in the medical journal Lancet Oncology documents rising rates of early-onset colorectal cancer across rich, highly industrialised parts of North America and Europe, and in middle-income areas worldwide.

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