Opinion: Ultra-processed foods: the tobacco of the 21st century?
At the start of the clinic where I see patients with colorectal, stomach, pancreatic, and other gastrointestinal cancers, I remarked to a colleague, “Every new patient on my schedule is under 45.” She replied, “Three of mine are … this is too many young people with cancer.” We felt as though we were in the trenches and didn’t know where the bullets were coming from.
An estimated 40% of cancers in the United States are caused by risk factors that can be changed, including the use of tobacco products, a sedentary lifestyle, and consumption of ultra-processed food.
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