Nearly Half of All US Cancer Deaths Could be Prevented with Lifestyle Changes, New Study Finds
A new study has found that nearly half of all cancer deaths among adults 30 and over could be prevented with lifestyle changes.
The American Cancer Society study found that smoking was the top risk factor by a wide margin, contributing to at least one in five cancer cases and a third of the deaths.
Other risk factors included excess body weight, alcohol consumption, being sedentary, diet, and infections such as HPV.
After smoking, excess body weight was the second highest contributor, followed by alcohol consumption, UV radiation exposure, and physical inactivity.
“These are things that people can practically change how they live every single day to reduce their risk of cancer,” Dr. Arif Kamal,
