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The alarming rise of cancer among Australian Millennials

Jill Margo
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The rate of bowel cancer in Millennials, those now aged 27 to 42, is up 153 per cent in the past 30 years, an alarming trend experts blame largely on poor diet, physical inactivity and obesity.

Graham Giles: “The efforts required to improve this would be similar in scope to those required to alter the course of the Titanic.” 

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Jill Margo is based in the Sydney office. Jill has won multiple prizes, including two Walkley Awards and is an adjunct associate professor at School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Australia. Connect with Jill on Twitter. Email Jill at jmargo@afr.com

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