Thousands of Cancer Diagnoses Tied to a Poor Diet, Study Finds

Thousands of Cancer Diagnoses Tied to a Poor Diet, Study Finds
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Your diet may have more impact on your cancer risk than you might think, a new study has found.

An estimated 80,110 new cancer cases among adults 20 and older in the United States in 2015 were attributable simply to eating a poor diet, according to the study, published in the JNCI Cancer Spectrum on Wednesday.