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dogs, bacon and other processed meats raise the risk of colon, stomach
and other cancers, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
Monday's
announcement follows studies which looked at more than a dozen types of
cancer in populations with diverse diets over the past 20 years.
The
findings back what many doctors have been warning for years, and will
anger the meat industry which has been rallying against putting
processed meats in the same danger category as smoking or asbestos.
A
group of 22 scientists from the WHO's International Agency for Research
on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France, evaluated more than 800 studies from
several continents about meat and cancer.
Based on the results, the IARC classified processed meat as "carcinogenic to humans".
With
regard to red meat, the report said it contained some important
nutrients, but still labelled it "probably carcinogenic", with links to
colon, prostate and pancreatic cancers.
The
agency said it did not have enough data to define how much processed
meat is dangerous, but said the risk grows with the amount consumed.
Analysis
of 10 of the studies suggested that a 50-gramme portion of processed
meat daily increases the risk of colorectal cancer over a lifetime by
about 18 percent.
The WHO's findings can influence public health recommendations around the globe.
'Global impact'
Doctors,
especially in rich countries, have long warned that a diet loaded with
red meat is linked to cancers, including those of the colon and
pancreas.
The American Cancer Society has long urged people to eat less processed and red meat.
"For
an individual, the risk of developing colorectal cancer because of
their consumption of processed meat remains small, but this risk
increases with the amount of meat consumed," Dr Kurt Straif of the IARC
said in a statement.
"In
view of the large number of people who consume processed meat, the
global impact on cancer incidence is of public health importance."
The
cancer agency noted research by the Global Burden of Disease Project
suggesting that 34,000 cancer deaths per year worldwide are linked to
diets heavy in processed meat - compared with one million deaths a year
linked to smoking, 600,000 a year to alcohol consumption and 200,000 a
year to air pollution.
Source: AP- aljazera
dogs, bacon and other processed meats raise the risk of colon, stomach
and other cancers, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
Monday's
announcement follows studies which looked at more than a dozen types of
cancer in populations with diverse diets over the past 20 years.
The
findings back what many doctors have been warning for years, and will
anger the meat industry which has been rallying against putting
processed meats in the same danger category as smoking or asbestos.
A
group of 22 scientists from the WHO's International Agency for Research
on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France, evaluated more than 800 studies from
several continents about meat and cancer.
Based on the results, the IARC classified processed meat as "carcinogenic to humans".
With
regard to red meat, the report said it contained some important
nutrients, but still labelled it "probably carcinogenic", with links to
colon, prostate and pancreatic cancers.
The
agency said it did not have enough data to define how much processed
meat is dangerous, but said the risk grows with the amount consumed.
Analysis
of 10 of the studies suggested that a 50-gramme portion of processed
meat daily increases the risk of colorectal cancer over a lifetime by
about 18 percent.
The WHO's findings can influence public health recommendations around the globe.
'Global impact'
Doctors,
especially in rich countries, have long warned that a diet loaded with
red meat is linked to cancers, including those of the colon and
pancreas.
The American Cancer Society has long urged people to eat less processed and red meat.
"For
an individual, the risk of developing colorectal cancer because of
their consumption of processed meat remains small, but this risk
increases with the amount of meat consumed," Dr Kurt Straif of the IARC
said in a statement.
"In
view of the large number of people who consume processed meat, the
global impact on cancer incidence is of public health importance."
The
cancer agency noted research by the Global Burden of Disease Project
suggesting that 34,000 cancer deaths per year worldwide are linked to
diets heavy in processed meat - compared with one million deaths a year
linked to smoking, 600,000 a year to alcohol consumption and 200,000 a
year to air pollution.
Source: AP- aljazera
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