Modifiable dietary and lifestyle risk factors for bowel cancer

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Modifiable dietary and lifestyle risk factors for bowel cancer

26 April 2023

Sarah Munn

Wednesday 26 April 2023, 12:15 AM

Eating dairy products, such as yoghurt, can help reduce the risk of bowel cancer [Image: Julian Hochgesang on Unsplash]

Dietitian Sarah Munn outlines six dietary and lifestyle risk factors that can be altered to help reduce the incidence of bowel cancer

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References

1. Bowel Cancer Australia. Modifiable Risk Factors.

2. Ministry of Health. Alcohol. 4 July 2022.

3. World Cancer Research Fund. Cancer Prevention Recommendations.

4. University of Otago and Ministry of Health. A Focus on Nutrition: Key findings of the 2008/09 New Zealand Adult Nutrition Survey. Wellington, NZ: Ministry of Health; 2011.

5. Ministry of Health. New Zealand Health Survey: Annual Data Explorer.

6. Ministry of Health. Eating and Activity Guidelines for New Zealand Adults: Updated 2020. Wellington, NZ: Ministry of Health; 2020.

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