Cancer Prevention One third of all cancers can be prevented through lifestyle changes, including a healthy diet.
Matt Wickenden, at Cancer Research UK, said more than 40% of cancers could be prevented through lifestyle changes and that smoking caused "nearly a fifth of all cancers".
Three-quarters of health care costs stem from chronic diseases that can be prevented through lifestyle changes, he said.
Previous research has demonstrated that the development of T2D can be prevented through healthy changes in behaviour, even among those at high risk [ 2].
A WHO report of the Southeast Asia region suggested that at least 80%% of cases of premature heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes and 40%% of cancers could be prevented through lifestyle changes, including a healthy diet, regular physical exercise and avoiding tobacco products.
And certain cancers related to infectious diseases, like hepatitis B and the human papilloma virus, could be prevented through behavioral change, vaccines or antibiotics.
Great attention has been given so far to lifestyle-related CVD risk factors, such as unhealthy diet, smoking habits, and lack of physical activity, whose deleterious effects may be prevented through major lifestyle changes or medical treatments.
Only half reported having heard of cervical cancer before and 60.2 and 34.8% of them, respectively, know that the majority of cases and deaths can be prevented through detection of precancerous changes in the cervix by using the Pap test and that condom use reduce the risk for HPV and cervical cancer.
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Hepatitis B can be prevented through vaccination.
