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Alarming 500% Surge: Colorectal Cancer Rates Skyrocket Among U.S. Youths (scitechdaily.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Risk factors include a family history of inflammatory bowel disease or colorectal cancer. Modifiable risk factors include obesity, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, and dietary habits such as low fiber intake, consumption of processed meats or sugar-sweetened beverages, and a high-fat diet.

Sounds like the shitty western diet, lack of exercise, and the resulting obesity are the primary causes at least in the US.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Shitty western diet isn’t new though. Think of all the crap people ate and drank and smoked in the 1950s. They got cancer, but not early colorectal cancer in these numbers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yep, obesity has skyrocketed... it's not bacon. Around 40% of the usa is obese. It's the number one cause of death now.