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before you completely overhaul your weekly menu, tina krause breaks down the risk. >> reporter: world cancer researchers essay people who fill up on processed foods like bacon, sausage and hot dogs face a real risk of colon, stomach and other cancers. scientists from the world health organization say eating processed meat including those that are small, cured or salted opposes the same cancer is as smoking. >> to put it in perspective, the lifetime risk is 5 percent for colon cancer. if you have a hot dog every day, your risk goes to 6 percent . it is very, very small. >> while doctors have long warned against eating too much meat, the who report goes one step further, classifying processed meat as cancer- causing. and red meat as a likely cause of cancer. >> bread meat has been a part of my -- and red meat as been a part of my diet. >> i.e. food anyway but it's like anything else, anything in moderation. >> north and camp -- north american meat institute calls the report dramatic and argues cancer is a complex disease not caused by a single foods. but the who says it has hard evidenc