Unknown Facts About Cancer Can Kill You

Robert Preidt, a HealthDay Reporter, reveals from a new survey that cancer isn’t inevitable, but many don’t know that several lifestyle factors affect their risk of developing the disease. In fact, just 1 in 2 Americans is aware that obesity can raise the risk of cancer and less than half understand that alcohol, inactivity, processed meat, eating lots of red meat and low consumption of fruits and veggies are linked to cancer risks.

There is a crisis in the awareness of cancer prevention, according to Alice Bender, head of nutrition programs at the American Institute for Cancer Research. More of a …read more