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Warning over packed lunch bowel cancer risk

PARENTS should not give children processed ham sandwiches in packed lunches, a charity warned today.

Kids need to get into the habit of avoiding processed meats such as ham, hot dogs and bacon, said the World Cancer Research Fund. It said there was "convincing evidence" that eating processed meat increases the risk of bowel cancer.


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