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Nutrition plays a central role in health by virtue of the simple fact that everyone must eat as a matter of survival. Complexity arises when the choices of foods and accompanying nutrients lead to either health benefits or detrimental effects. Nutritional factors contribute significantly to the burden of preventable illnesses and premature deaths, as detailed in previous chapters in this volume. Indeed,...
Key Points Cancer confers a major disease burden worldwide, especially in affluent societies. Cancer incidence and mortality between low risk and high risk countries differs several-fold. These differences are ascribed such environmental factors as lifelong dietary behaviors, physical inactivity, weight gain, alcohol consumption, and the use of tobacco. ...
Recent studies have shown that cancer risk related to overweight and obesity is mediated by time and might be better approximated by using life years lived with excess weight. In this study we aimed to assess the impact of overweight duration and intensity in older adults on the risk of developing different forms of cancer. Study participants from seven European and one US cohort study with two or...
Chronic diseases are the major causes of morbidity and mortality across the globe in developed and developing countries, and in countries transitioning from former socialist status. Chronic diseases — including heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, and respiratory diseases — share major risk factors beyond genetics and social inequalities including tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity,...
Résumé On estime qu’un tiers de la mortalité par cancer est dû à l’alimentation ou au statut nutritionnel. Légumes et/ou fruits diminuent les risques de cancer des voies aérodigestives supérieures (VADS) du poumon, de l’œsophage et de l’estomac. La viande rouge et la charcuterie augmentent le risque de cancer colorectal (CCR). Les boissons alcoolisées augmentent les risques de cancer des VADS, de...
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