Obesity and alcohol consumption are fueling bowel cancer’s rising death toll among young adults, according to a 2023 study published in a leading cancer journal.
The study, published last year in the Annals of Oncology, marks the first time bowel cancer (colorectal cancer) deaths among young people—Millennials and Gen Xers ages 25-49—are predicted to rise in some European countries, and confirms a trend researchers first noted in 2021.
