Lifestyle changes could prevent nearly half of adult cancer deaths, study finds

A new study from the American Cancer Society has found that 45% of cancer deaths among adults could be prevented by making lifestyle changes such as stopping smoking, improving diet and increasing exercise. Dr. Jon LaPook takes a closer look at the findings.
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  • @ellenh278
    @ellenh27816 күн бұрын

    I think stress is a huge risk factor not listed.

  • @P2Feener305

    @P2Feener305

    11 күн бұрын

    Gotta love YT doctors.

  • @miloelite

    @miloelite

    8 күн бұрын

    Stress doesn’t cause cancer.

  • @TheLifeOfKane

    @TheLifeOfKane

    8 күн бұрын

    It is absolutely listed by doctors at least

  • @TheLifeOfKane

    @TheLifeOfKane

    8 күн бұрын

    ​@@miloelitestress can contribute to the malgrowth of cells, yess. Endocrine imalance can affect you in a myriad of ways, and stress contributes to that

  • @ellenh278

    @ellenh278

    8 күн бұрын

    @@TheLifeOfKane 👏

  • @PURAHOUSEDERESTREPO
    @PURAHOUSEDERESTREPO17 күн бұрын

    Walkable communities!

  • @PopJunk
    @PopJunk17 күн бұрын

    While I agree that these are very good lifestyle habits, my aunt just passed a month ago from Lymphoma and she did NOT SMOKE, was NOT OVERWEIGHT, would have a single glass of wine ONLY on special occasions, did YOGA regularly, and was mostly PLANT BASED. Her home was paid off too so NO financial worries. Cancer still came for her. Sucks. RIP...

  • @ginzo666

    @ginzo666

    17 күн бұрын

    That's why they said that lifestyle factors could prevent roughly HALF of cancer deaths. The other half is genetic.

  • @LauraB.335

    @LauraB.335

    16 күн бұрын

    Plant based diet does NOT help at all.

  • @ginzo666

    @ginzo666

    16 күн бұрын

    @@LauraB.335 OK, boomer.

  • @MsSarcasticity

    @MsSarcasticity

    15 күн бұрын

    @@ginzo666Ok, dumdum plant based doesn’t help anything. It makes cancer worse

  • @MsSarcasticity

    @MsSarcasticity

    15 күн бұрын

    Plant based doesn’t do anything healthy. Sugar and alcohol were her downfall as they both cause oxidative damage that leads to cancer

  • @lynemac2539
    @lynemac253923 күн бұрын

    And the other half is from pollution.

  • @aavvcc

    @aavvcc

    22 күн бұрын

    And all the microplastics and crap in the water

  • @LawandOrder-fi5xk

    @LawandOrder-fi5xk

    22 күн бұрын

    The other half is from BLM and Antifa rioting.

  • @P2Feener305

    @P2Feener305

    11 күн бұрын

    And the FDA

  • @arnoldfrackenmeyer8157

    @arnoldfrackenmeyer8157

    7 күн бұрын

    Agree. And its' the air quaility inside of our homes that really matters. But few stop to think about that.

  • @TheMilpitasguy
    @TheMilpitasguy17 күн бұрын

    Took me a long time to get around to it, but it was the diabetes diagnosis that finally did it. I am finally starting to lose weight. Since the start of the year, about 23 pounds. Only 30 more to go.

  • @malovina

    @malovina

    8 күн бұрын

    Same, got pre diabetes on my account now. Also losing weight. Lost first 2-3 lbs, have 50 to go. But I'm optimistic and just kind to myself.

  • @SteveSabbai
    @SteveSabbai22 күн бұрын

    Like Yoda says "Control, control, you must learn control."

  • @SigFigNewton

    @SigFigNewton

    16 күн бұрын

    Weird that he didn’t say “control you must learn”

  • @pinkroses135
    @pinkroses13519 күн бұрын

    They know. They just don't care.

  • @posthocprior
    @posthocprior22 күн бұрын

    "Preventing death" is not the same as having a better quality of health.

  • @toology55
    @toology555 күн бұрын

    Seed oils, processed foods, refined sugars, lack of sunlight, lack of exercise.

  • @GabrielSweetSmith
    @GabrielSweetSmith18 күн бұрын

    I meannnnnn, I’m surprised they needed a study for this 🤨

  • @campbellhouse6569
    @campbellhouse656919 күн бұрын

    Breast cancer has killed 2 of my fit friends who were healthy and young. Didn't help them. Genetics always prevail

  • @nlytend1

    @nlytend1

    17 күн бұрын

    Ultimately yea, genetics wins, but there’s no doubt that good dieting and exercise staved off the cancer to some extent, thereby giving your friends a few more years than they would’ve otherwise had.

  • @AZITHEMLGPRO

    @AZITHEMLGPRO

    17 күн бұрын

    @@nlytend1cope

  • @faraboverubieskerry

    @faraboverubieskerry

    16 күн бұрын

    Chemo kills a lot of people too. 😢 No one talks about that. Many people have damaged livers before chemo and the body cannot process it or they have other underlying conditions that the oncologists are not looking into beforehand. Or their once healthy cells were damaged from radiation so they start chemo with a weaker system. It is full in Russian roulette and everyone is a guinea pig because they have NO definitive answers or protocols. It is all just let's see how you do with this and hope for the best. Shannon Doherty lived with cancer for years but recently died ...3 weeks after starting another round of chemo. But they blame the cancer for her death...not the chemo. But is that really the truth?

  • @Bradimoose

    @Bradimoose

    16 күн бұрын

    So the lesson is don't exercise and eat donuts because what you do doesn't matter.

  • @duckmercy11

    @duckmercy11

    15 күн бұрын

    ​@@cg4806 Yeah, a lot of people claim "healthy" and I'm always skeptical.

  • @nelsonhunter-valls3206
    @nelsonhunter-valls320623 күн бұрын

    So, essentially, just lead a healthy lifestyle? I could have told you that lol.

  • @sdigf3167

    @sdigf3167

    19 күн бұрын

    That's not all that easy in the US, especially if you don't have a lot of money.

  • @Chad_Max

    @Chad_Max

    18 күн бұрын

    The two big factors are genetics and your metabolic rate. When your metabolic rate slows down your body shuts down autophagy. Autophagy is what keeps your body young and healthy. Processed food diet and lack of exercise slow down metabolic rate and as a consequence shuts down autophagy. So these things signal your body to shut down and you start to develop chronic illnesses. Smoking and alcohol consumption just accelerate this further...

  • @sdigf3167

    @sdigf3167

    18 күн бұрын

    @@Chad_Max There are conditions that keep your metabolic rate lower no matter what you do, but that is usually genetically based too. Also, you can't blame people for chronic illness like that. The vast majority are also caused by genetics. As an example, my dog has an autoimmune condition that effects his eyes. He is on a home cooked diet, and gets ZERO processed foods other than the process of cooking. What triggered his condition was exposure to UV light. Simply going outside to go to the bathroom was enough. Am I supposed to say it is his fault somehow?

  • @SeiyaSoiya-un4jj

    @SeiyaSoiya-un4jj

    12 күн бұрын

    @@sdigf3167 The myth of “it’s too expensive to eat healthy” has been debunked time and time again. Especially with the rise in fast food costs. Water is cheaper than soda. Exercise is free. People just don’t want to put in the work and will come up with every excuse possible.

  • @P2Feener305

    @P2Feener305

    11 күн бұрын

    The YT doctor ?

  • @2cupojoe136
    @2cupojoe13612 күн бұрын

    MIGHT be prevented

  • @lynemac2539
    @lynemac253923 күн бұрын

    It is when they are being their most beastly that people cry, "I'm only human!" - Oscar Wilde

  • @davesage4931
    @davesage493114 күн бұрын

    Always hard for the media to take a break from glamorizing alcohol. Odd seeing negative facts on it between commercials glamorizing it and news personalities trying the latest craft cocktail on air. The executives were like “include it on the chart but do not follow up with any negative alcohol talk, focus on the others”

  • @P2Feener305

    @P2Feener305

    11 күн бұрын

    Like

  • @patriciaanne7932
    @patriciaanne793216 күн бұрын

    Eye 👁️ opening. How ‘ bout common sense lifestyle and diet?

  • @kutiek9699
    @kutiek969913 күн бұрын

    Better food regulations would greatly prevent cancer also

  • @gmanette188
    @gmanette18823 күн бұрын

    I believe it

  • @alexgow7946
    @alexgow7946Күн бұрын

    He said “some people think cancer is all genetic and out of their hands, well that’s not true, we think that about half…” you’re gonna say something is not true and then say we think….better think again.

  • @ADyer421
    @ADyer4213 күн бұрын

    I doubt that

  • @Bobalicious
    @Bobalicious22 күн бұрын

    I'm doomed!

  • @robertsiefman7543
    @robertsiefman75434 күн бұрын

    I was in perfect shape and ate like a saint and I still got lymphoma!! I got past it though!! Rso and chemo etc ❤

  • @23magneta
    @23magneta15 күн бұрын

    All my friends who died from cancer exercised daily and ate an organic vegetarian diet. Youth didn’t even save them as they died in their 20s.

  • @arnoldfrackenmeyer8157

    @arnoldfrackenmeyer8157

    9 күн бұрын

    Did they have high VOC homes?

  • @RichRich1955
    @RichRich195512 күн бұрын

    Im not afraid of it.

  • @MaggieJean
    @MaggieJean13 күн бұрын

    Duh

  • @user-zn5qg4se6q
    @user-zn5qg4se6q16 күн бұрын

    Yes! My daughter died of colon cancer.under 30! Diet! Fast foods

  • @srobliski
    @srobliski7 күн бұрын

    or in other words, if life wasnt so miserable, people wouldnt be killing themselves

  • @lokipokey
    @lokipokey16 күн бұрын

    What about excess sun exposure and skin cancer? I'm glad the host brought that up

  • @P2Feener305
    @P2Feener30511 күн бұрын

    Smoking what?

  • @CJP1012
    @CJP101216 күн бұрын

    No duh! This has been obvious for years.

  • @YellowPaint100
    @YellowPaint10013 күн бұрын

    Drinking alcohol? You mean abusing it or simply drinking it? I'd say abuse is a problem, not simple use of it.

  • @strqrt70

    @strqrt70

    11 күн бұрын

    A recently released study by the New England Journal of Medicine concludes that cessation of alcoholic beverage consumption reduces the risk of several cancer diseases. "Even a single glass per week is sufficient to increase the risk for several types of cancer that are not related to the liver," said Dr. Mike Cusnir, Chief Oncologist at Mount Sinai Hospital, in Miami Beach

  • @YellowPaint100

    @YellowPaint100

    11 күн бұрын

    @strqrt70 Thank you 👍

  • @TheLifeOfKane
    @TheLifeOfKane8 күн бұрын

    Yeah... decades of studies have always said that, we don't care 😂😂 We can decrease heart disease and obesity too, big shocker

  • @SeiyaSoiya-un4jj
    @SeiyaSoiya-un4jj12 күн бұрын

    I’ve said this for years. And this is why I won’t vote for universal healthcare. Not until the people start to put in a modicum of effort.

  • @ss4vegeta1
    @ss4vegeta111 күн бұрын

    This is self evident but thanks to a capitalist society resources are scarce. One has to work 2-3 jobs in some cases to make ends meet. It’s so ridiculous.

  • @virginiahilman7786
    @virginiahilman778612 күн бұрын

    Discipline

  • @gdwlaw5549
    @gdwlaw554913 күн бұрын

    Heart disease is the number 1 killer and not cancer.

  • @strqrt70

    @strqrt70

    11 күн бұрын

    I don’t believe they stated otherwise, did they?

  • @micheal6901
    @micheal690119 күн бұрын

    Where's your replacement? Tony Sadiku

  • @kathywright6853
    @kathywright685314 күн бұрын

    Most people are gonna do what they want ,then go and expect dr and rx to work miracles onna

  • @RetailRipper
    @RetailRipper11 күн бұрын

    This is what they've come up with from all their funding ?

  • @karlmcarthur8794
    @karlmcarthur879413 күн бұрын

    And getting rid of fluoride and chemicals in all our food and drink will eliminate the other half? Fantastic 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @greeneyesfromohio4103
    @greeneyesfromohio41036 күн бұрын

    Theirs also very old people in the world who have smoke and drank since they were teens and still kicking….it’s luck of the draw in my opinion. Do what makes you happy, everything will fall in place.

  • @AZITHEMLGPRO
    @AZITHEMLGPRO17 күн бұрын

    Yaaayyy cured my cancer! just not do/be these things bro

  • @HoneyBeeCrafts
    @HoneyBeeCrafts20 күн бұрын

    I just changed my diet and a few people I know that had stage 4. Changed their diet and now are, no lie, in fkkn remission. I’m so proud of them. Oh and I have two friends that had diabetes.. nooo no more!!! They went on the same dang diet and all good now. I’ve lost weight, my adhd symptoms are down and even my debilitating anxiety and depression is gone. I’m no longer on meds for anxiety either. It’s great. No, not a vegan diet. Or a fake meat vegan diet. No not vegetarian or keto. It’s the natural foods diet with very little to no fruits. But for me I follow the carnivore part of it because I know I don’t need the veggies and fruits that the body doesn’t digest properly anyway. Went from vegan to carnivore lmao. My gas and bloating is gone. I spend much less money… when I have money. Bathroom breaks are less. I never feel that gross full feeling anymore. I eat as much as I want, you just follow what your mouth says. If it stops tasting good, just stop eating. I eat one meal a day bbut most times I can go for about 4 days with out feeling hungry. So in that time I don’t even think of food. The transition to get off that sugar and grains and carbs was soooo hard but I did it. Now I just need to ween myself off of dairy but I’m not too much in a hurry for that as I’m carnivore and that means only animal products. The lions diet is just meat, salt, eggs and water. While those are my main foods. I also enjoy milk when I make my carnivore pancakes. I enjoy cream cheese for those pancakes as well and I like cottage cheese with my carnivore flat bread. Once in a while on Fridays.. maybe once every other month, I go to my local fry joint and get a fry with a free fry of the day. It k!old me but I do it anyway.

  • @11dsw

    @11dsw

    18 күн бұрын

    Carnivore ?....so ridiculous.

  • @HoneyBeeCrafts

    @HoneyBeeCrafts

    17 күн бұрын

    @@11dsw because you know nothing about it? Lmao. That’s ok. Our ancestors did and I feel impeccable. It is ridiculous though. Something so dang simple like every other creature on earth. Fun fact: we are the only creature that eats a wide variety of foods. And we’re the only creatures on earth that have altered our foods so we could eat more of that variety. I’d rather just eat what I’m meant to and let everyone else eat the ca ca, lmao. More for the natural dieters.

  • @11dsw

    @11dsw

    17 күн бұрын

    @@HoneyBeeCrafts yeah, I don't like eating animals...so....

  • @lorettanericcio-bohlman567

    @lorettanericcio-bohlman567

    17 күн бұрын

    Reading your post just took days off my life expectancy

  • @MsGenXodus

    @MsGenXodus

    16 күн бұрын

    I live in Portland, Oregon and have never heard of a "fry joint." I'm definitely curious what that is, though. ☺ ETA: don't google "fry joint." Apparently, that's what a marijuana joint spiked with PCP is called. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @alicialewis5066
    @alicialewis506614 күн бұрын

    I now two women who did none of these things, and died of an aggressive breast cancer. What they both had in common was they both took the same herbal supplements.

  • @My_in-laws_condo
    @My_in-laws_condo12 күн бұрын

    People die. Get over it.

  • @cutehumor

    @cutehumor

    10 күн бұрын

    my wife is a cancer nurse. she said, "everything causes cancer". prevent cancer is one thing but like you said we will die of something

  • @cortashaelam320
    @cortashaelam32015 күн бұрын

    Being healthy actually comes from the Holy Bible. It's only one Lord and that is Jesus. Health and strong spirit.

  • @superblondeDotOrg
    @superblondeDotOrg22 күн бұрын

    REVISED HEADLINE: "CBS sells advertising space to animal-based fast-food franchises and food companies which increases obesity and cancer deaths." MEANWHILE, researchers publish the study: Excess body weight, alcohol consumption, dietary factors, and physical inactivity We estimated that of all cancer cases and deaths in the United States, nearly 7%-8% were attributable to excess body weight, 4%-5% were attributable to alcohol consumption, 4% were attributable to dietary factors (all evaluated dietary factors combined), and 3% were attributable to physical inactivity. Among dietary factors, low fruit and vegetable consumption contributed to most cancer cases and deaths. The combination of excess body weight, alcohol consumption, dietary factors, and physical inactivity contributed to the largest proportion of all cancer cases in women (nearly one fourth of all cases) and was second only to tobacco smoking in men (one sixth of all cases). These four combined risk factors also contributed to the second highest proportion of cancer deaths in both sexes, i.e., nearly one fifth of all cancer deaths in men and one fourth of all cancer deaths in women. These findings suggest that maintaining a healthy body weight, cessation or limiting alcohol consumption (for those who drink), consuming a healthy diet, and being physically active can substantially reduce the number of cancer cases and deaths in the United States. This conclusion is consistent with results of several previous studies that have shown a reduced risk of developing and dying from cancer in individuals who adhere to comprehensive guidelines on weight, nutrition, and physical activity,55-58 including those of the American Cancer Society.59 Of note, the prevalence of obesity and severe obesity among US adults and children has substantially increased during the past few decades.60, 61 Currently, 42% of adults aged 20 years and older and 20% of children and adolescents aged 2-19 years are affected by obesity.62 Furthermore, more than one half (54%) of adults aged 21 years and older reported alcohol consumption in the past month in 2021-2022,63 and only 12% of individuals aged 18 years and older met recommended vegetable and fruit consumption in 2021.64