Cancer - An Evolving Lifestyle Disease

Millions of people are being affected by cancer each year and it has been estimated that about eight lakh new cancer cases are being added each year in India alone. World Health Organization categorizes cancers as lifestyle diseases and proposes faulty lifestyle practices such as chewing tobacco smoking alcohol sugars fats consuming excess quantities of red meat and foods rich in preservatives and additive as the predisposing factor for the occurrence of cancers. This could be prevented by healthy lifestyle with moderate exercises. Apart from lifestyle interventions regular screening for cancers counselling with a physician can help prevent the occurrence of cancers altogether.