Cancer cases are rising more quickly in the young than the old because of an obesity epidemic, experts have warned.
The proportion of cases among adults aged 25 to 50 has surged by a quarter in two decades, according to figures, faster than any other age group.
Experts fear the “disturbing” growth in early-onset cancer has been driven by the nation’s unhealthy relationship with food, with obesity rates doubling over the same period.
The number of new cancer cases among Britons aged 25 to 50 has risen to 35,000 each year and the incidence rate, which takes account of population growth, is up by 24 per cent, rising from 132.9 per 100,000 people to 164.6 in 2019, according to the latest data.
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