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Colorectal Cancer Is Rising Among the Young, Even Kids and Teens

42 points · 36 comments · gumby

  1. swingandamiss · · focus · HN ↗
    > hypotheses as to why rates are rising in younger people, including processed foods, higher obesity rates, and certain infections

    Lack of moving/walking with long periods of sitting, being overweight, no fruits or vegetables and too much highly processed food/junk. It appears to be somewhat self inflicted, but it's hard to live a better life for most as the above is just the norm now.

    1. kelseyfrog · · focus · HN ↗
      Is this medical advice?
      1. lossyalgo · · focus · HN ↗
        I would hope/assume all doctors would recommend less sitting/more walking as well as eating more fruits & veggies and less ultra-processed foods.

        I would also assume it's obvious to most readers here that GP's guidance don't necessarily have to be the reasons for increased prevalence of colorectal cancer, but they would at the last help decrease chances of other health-related issues.

        1. kelseyfrog · · focus · HN ↗
          It sounds like we don't actually have evidence that the GPs claim was true - that they made it up.

          It's fine that walking and moving is healthy, but it's a motte and bailey to claim that sitting is a cause of colrectal cancer and retreat to the motte that walking and moving is more healthy in general. Such a retreat doesn't exactly lend credibility to the original claim; it subtracts from it.

          If you're ok with it, I'd like to stay focused on the claim: That lack of moving/walking with long periods of sitting, being overweight, no fruits or vegetables and too much highly processed food/junk is the cause of increased colrectal cancer.

          1. lossyalgo · · focus · HN ↗
            I don't think GP is making that claim, rather, they are claiming that IF the hypotheses in the article (with 2 linked sources) are in fact the causes, then it will be difficult to change those things.

            > ...but it's hard to live a better life for most as the above is just the norm now.

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