India, Feb. 27 -- Cancer has been an increasingly common disease in households across the globe.

According to Dr Saurabh Sethi, California-based gastroenterologist trained in AIIMS, Harvard, and Stanford Universities, early-onset cancer, which refers to cancer diagnosis in individuals under the age of 50, has gone up by nearly 80 percent over the last 30 years.

Taking to Instagram on February 26, Dr Sethi noted that colorectal cancer, also known as colon cancer, is one of the fastest-growing types in the present day. While research into the cause continues, one pattern keeps appearing: ultra-processed food.

A large study in the Journal of the American Medical Association has linked higher intake of ultra-processed foods with increased ...