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Kollage: Christine Vierø Larsen. Originalfoto: Jens Dresling, Pexels, Freja Juul Pedersen

The Danish lifestyle is the main reason more people here get cancer than in the countries around us. Researchers no longer believe that public information campaigns will produce a healthier population. It will take political action.

Why do so many Danes get cancer

Kollage: Christine Vierø Larsen. Originalfoto: Jens Dresling, Pexels, Freja Juul Pedersen
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Why on earth do Danes get cancer more often than people in the countries around us?

Professor Janne Tolstrup at the Danish National Institute of Public Health at SDU is ready with the very short answer:

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