Colorectal Cancer in Lebanon: Incidence, Temporal Trends, and Comparison to Regional and Western Countries.

28 , 31 Smoking was also found to be strongly associated with CRC whereby a significant trend of increasing CRC risk was seen with longer smoking duration, higher smoking intensity, and with increasing pack-years. 6 , 28 , 30 , 34 Passive smoking was also found to be associated with an increased risk of CRC. 35 In Lebanon, consumption of unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, obesity, diabetes mellitus, and smoking are becoming more prominent. 36 - 38 While 60-70% of the Lebanese population were found to moderately adhere to a healthy Mediterranean diet, 33 studies showed the prevalence of unhealthy eating behaviors among Lebanese.

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