This cancer is soaring for younger adults, so putting more prevention tools in place is key!
that's likely due to more screening, including new recommendations that colonoscopies should start at age 45 instead of 50.
That decrease in cancer rates isn't the same across all age groups, however. For people under 40, the trend is headed in the other direction, and that's a huge problem, according toin the department of colon and rectal surgery at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at The University of Texas. She says that if current trends continue, it's likely that colon cancer will increase by 90% in people under age 35, and rectal cancer could increase by about 125% percent by the year 2030.Eat This, Not That!
."About 60% of these young patients are diagnosed with stage III and IV colorectal cancer, which is harder to treat." That means putting any lifestyle strategies in place, at any age, is a crucial part of lowering risk, she adds. In addition to losing weight, other ways to reduce colorectal risk are getting regular exercise as well as eating a healthy diet with plenty of fruits and vegetables, according to the