Large-scale study finds vegetarian diets linked to lower risk of five cancer types
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A major new study funded by World Cancer Research Fund, led by Oxford Population Health's Cancer Epidemiology Unit, pooled data from over 1.8 million people across three continents through the Cancer Risk in Vegetarians Consortium — the largest ever study of non-meat diets and cancer. The findings show that vegetarian diets are associated with lower risks of five specific cancer types compared to meat eaters, offering significant public health implications given the 8–10 million vegetarians in the US and growing global interest in plant-based eating.
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They pooled data from more than 1.8 million people across three continents through the Cancer Risk in Vegetarians Consortium, which is the largest ever study of non-meat diets and cancer.
World Cancer Research Fund found that vegetarians had lower risks of five types of cancer compared with meat eaters
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