More than 250,000 people are being recruited for a major study into the mystery of why bowel cancer rates are soaring in adults under 50.
The disease was once found mainly in older adults but is increasingly being diagnosed at a younger age.
Experts said early-onset bowel cancer has increased ‘substantially’ around the world since 1990, and the UK has one of the fastest rising rates.
It is not clear what is driving the rise, though obesity is thought to be a potential factor.
Experts at King’s College London and health science company Zoe want 250,000 adults aged 18 and over across the UK to take part in the study.
The trial, known as Prospect-UK, will track people over time, looking at diet and lifestyle factors.
Participants will complete online questionnaires on their diet, lifestyle, environment, health and other factors.
They will also be asked for their information to be linked to their electronic health records so researchers can track cancer cases.
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