Colon Cancer Is on the Rise Among Young People
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The article discusses the rising incidence of colon cancer among young people, potentially linked to lifestyle factors such as smoking and ultra-processed foods, sparking concerns and discussions about health risks and prevention.
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So, before everyone accuses their favorite mechanism:
"After multivariable adjustments, men who consumed ultra-processed foods in the highest fifth had a 29% higher risk of developing colorectal cancer than did those in the lowest fifth...However, we found no significant association among women"
and
"our results show that the association between ultra-processed food consumption and colorectal cancer among men was largely independent of body mass index."
and finally:
"Why the association was seen in men but not in women is unclear."
They also saw the obvious factors (smoking, alcohol, being sedentary, etc.) correlate with cancer, but were accounted for.
So this is a sex-based result. Make of that what you will.
[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayfRq-CPF6I [video][18 mins]
[2] - https://biomarkerres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s403...
My mind was kinda blown recently when I couldn't find a single ice cream brand that didn't have some form of nasty thickener. It's insidious.