From red meat to alcohol: the factors that affect bowel cancer risk

Around 13% of bowel cancer cases in the UK are linked to eating too much red and processed meat. Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

Rates of bowel cancer in young people are rising more sharply in England than in many other countries around the world, a study has found. Experts are still in the early stages of understanding the reasons behind the rise but here we look at some of the factors that could be contributing.

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