Recent study suggests 41% of all cancers in Alberta Canada in 2012 due to lifestyle choices & environmental factors.

A recent study suggests ~41% of all cancers in Alberta, Canada in 2012 were due to lifestyle choices and environmental factors including tobacco smoking, physical inactivity, and excess body weight.

A similar study found that 43% of cancer cases in the UK in 2010 were attributable to modifiable lifestyle and environmental risk factors including tobacco smoking, obesity, and insufficient fruit and vegetable consumption.