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Cancer Caused Due to Unhealthy Lifestyle

During a study of the lifestyle of nearly 3000 cancer patients diagnosed in the last one year, unhealthy lifestyle, which is a combination of stress, unhealthy diet,

by Savitha C Muppala on August 24, 2011 at 9:05 AM

During a study of the lifestyle of nearly 3000 cancer patients diagnosed in the last one year, unhealthy lifestyle, which is a combination of stress, unhealthy diet, smoking and obesity did contribute to causes of cancer, ofcourse apart from genetics.


Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Analysis revealed that unhealthy lifestyle contributes to nearly 33% of cancer cases. The analysis also revealed that 65% of cancer cases is also caused due to smoking , 5% due to poor diet, and 2% due to sedentary lifestyle.







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