{"id":3679,"date":"2025-11-14T09:28:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T09:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/14\/fast-food-fuels-surge-in-cancer-linked-bowel-growths-experts-warn\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T09:28:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T09:28:43","slug":"fast-food-fuels-surge-in-cancer-linked-bowel-growths-experts-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/14\/fast-food-fuels-surge-in-cancer-linked-bowel-growths-experts-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast food fuels surge in cancer-linked bowel growths, experts warn"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Women under 50 who regularly eat ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are far more likely to develop pre-cancerous growths in the bowel, alarming new research has revealed.

\nScientists from PROSPECT \u2014 a global Cancer Grand Challenges team \u2014 analysed endoscopy results from more than 29,100 women, finding that those who ate the most UPFs faced a 45 per cent higher risk of developing bowel polyps, a known precursor to colorectal cancer.

\nColon cancer is the only major cancer type rising exclusively in younger adults, prompting researchers to probe environmental and dietary causes.

\nUPFs – including packaged breads, breakfast foods, sauces, spreads and sugary drinks – are typically low in fibre and packed with additives such as emulsifiers that disrupt gut health.

\nLead author Dr. Andrew Chan, of Massachusetts General Hospital, said: “We\u2019re seeing more cases of bowel cancer in younger adults and we still don\u2019t understand why. Diet, exercise and changes to the gut microbiome may all play a role.”

\nPublished in JAMA Oncology, the study tracked female nurses aged 25 to 42 over 24 years.

\nThose with the highest UPF intake tended to have higher BMI, smoke more and exercise less – but even after adjusting for these factors, UPFs were strongly linked with early-onset tumours.

\nArtificially sweetened drinks were the biggest driver behind the trend.

\nResearchers warned that a \u201ccocktail effect\u201d of multiple additives may damage the gut barrier and alter microbes that protect against disease.

\nProfessor Charles Swanton, Cancer Research UK\u2019s chief clinician, said the findings “shed light on how diet and other factors are associated with gut health and changes in the bowel linked to cancer risk,” though he stressed more work is needed to prove cause and effect.

\nBowel cancer diagnoses in under-50s have rocketed by more than 50 per cent since the 1990s in England, and US experts predict it could become the most common cancer in younger adults by 2030.

\nCancer Research UK says more than half of cases are preventable and is urging government-level action to make healthier diets easier and cheaper for everyone.
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