Almost 80,000 patients diagnosed with cancer each year could have avoided the disease by adopting a healthier lifestyle, figures show.

They reveal that 39 per cent of cases of the 12 major cancers are preventable through better diet, drinking and exercise habits.

Record levels of drinking – which have risen more sharply in the UK than in any other developed country – and obesity mean the UK has one of the highest levels of preventable cancers.

But less than half of people realise that a lack of exercise can cause the disease, and a third are unaware of the dangers of diet or body fat.

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