Diet, Alcohol Linked to Nearly One Third of Cancers Diet is second only to tobacco as a leading____1____of cancer and, along with alcohol, is responsible for nearly one third of cases of the disease____2____developed countries, a leading researcher said on Tuesday.
Dr. Tim Key, of the University of Oxford, told a cancer conference that scientists are still discovering how certain foods contribute to____3____,but they know that diet, alcohol and obesity____4____a major role.
“Five percent of cancers could be avoided____5____nobody was obese,” he said.
While tobacco is blinked to about 30____6____of cancer cases, diet is involved in an estimated 25 percent and alcohol____7____about six percent.
Obesity raises the____8____of breast, womb, bowel and kidney cancer, while alcohol is known to cause cancers of the mouth, throat and liver, Its dangerous impact is____9____when combined with smoking.
Key told the meeting of the charity Cancer Research UK____10____other elements of diet linked to cancer are____11____unknown but scientists are hoping that the EPIC study, which is comparing the diets of 500,000 people in 10 countries and their risk of cancer, will provide some____12____
Early results of the study have revealed that Norway, Sweden and Denmark have the____13____consumption of fruit and vegetables among European countries while Italy and Spain have the highest. Eating at____14____five portions of fruit and vegetables a day is recommended to reduce the risk of cancer.
Key, principal scientist on the EPIC study, said it is looking at dietary links to some of the most common cancers____15____colorectal, breast and prostate.
1.A.course B. cause C. court D. reason
2.A.on B. up C. in D. down
3.A.cancer B. health &nbs
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