Younger generations have a heightened risk of some cancers, new research found.
Researchers aren’t sure why, but say a combination of factors, including obesity, more sedentary behavior, common medications or chemical exposures, are possible causesA study published Wednesday in Lancet Public Health found that Gen X and millennials are more likely to be diagnosed with 17 types of cancer, including nine that had been declining in older adults. Researchers aren’t sure why, but say obesity is likely a leading cause.
“The most important thing it tells us is there is something that changed for the group of individuals born after this period of time. They have been exposed to some environmental or lifestyle factor that is leading to this shift,” said Dr. Andrea Cercek, a gastrointestinal medical oncologist at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, who was not involved with the research.
“In the 1990s, 10% of people diagnosed with colon cancer were under age 50. Now it’s 20%, but we should not forget the 80% that are still over the age of 50,” he said. Among children, obesity rates grew from 5% to 17% in the same period. Today, more than 40% of American adults and about 20% of children and adolescents are obese, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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