The claim
Bij darmkanker kan een gezonde levensstijl het risico met 25 procent verminderen, van gemiddeld 5 procent naar 3,75 procent.
Original review summary
The review concludes that healthy eating, physical activity, maintaining a healthy weight, not smoking and limiting alcohol reduce colorectal cancer risk by about a quarter. It describes the average risk as 5%, falling to 3.75% with those lifestyle habits.[S1]
Additional context
The review describes a Danish cohort study that followed more than 55,000 people aged 50 to 64 for ten years; 678 developed colorectal cancer, and those with healthier lifestyles had 23% lower risk. [S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] Gezondheid en wetenschap original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026