Nurture pips nature when it comes to a number of diseases, new study says

Experts said that the study shows the 'enormous opportunity for prevention'

Many of the environmental risk factors for disease can be modified, researchers said (Alamy/PA)

Nurture is more influential than nature when it comes to number of major diseases and premature death, according to a new study.

Environmental factors are almost 10 times more important than genetic factors when it comes to a person’s risk of death from a number of serious diseases, according to one of the largest studies of its kind.