In Switzerland, more men than women got cancers linked to lifestyle habits like diet or smoking between 2015 and 2019.

20

Pro

0

Against

Evidence from Studies

Supporting (1)

20

Community contributions welcome

20

Cancer cases attributable to modifiable lifestyle risk factors in Switzerland between 2015 and 2019

Cross-Sectional Study

Human

2024 Apr 1

The study looked at lifestyle factors causing cancer in Switzerland and found exactly what the claim says: more men than women had cancer linked to these factors, with the same numbers.

Contradicting (0)

0

Community contributions welcome

No contradicting evidence found

Gold Standard Evidence Needed

According to GRADE and EBM methodology, here is what ideal scientific evidence would look like to definitively prove or disprove this specific claim, ordered from strongest to weakest evidence.

Source Study

Cancer cases attributable to modifiable lifestyle risk factors in Switzerland between 2015 and 2019

Score: 20

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.34806

Similar Assertions

In Switzerland, about one out of every four cancer cases that could have been avoided were linked to things people can change, like smoking, drinking too much, being overweight, not exercising enough, and eating poorly.

20

0

74%

In Switzerland, between 2015 and 2019, the top lifestyle habits linked to cancer cases were smoking, being overweight, and drinking too much alcohol.

20

0

71%