Obesity causes more than 100,000 types of Cancers!

Assam News · November 9, 2009

Obesity is not good, we all know that. But do you know that obesity can cause more than 100,000 different types of cancers? Yes, it can. According to a new American study, excess body fat makes a person vulnerable to cancer by increasing the amount of hormones like estrogen circulating in the body and disrupting how the body processes insulin, which is linked to higher risk of cancer.

obesity_causes_cancers Obesity also triggers low-grade inflammation in the body, which is increasingly being found to play a role in cancer. That’s why researchers from American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) suggest that people should maintain a normal body weight and remain physically active throughout life. The researchers also pointed that weight gain after a cancer diagnosis is also likely to affect the outcome.

“An increasing number of studies suggest that regular physical activity improves cancer survival, even among survivors who are overweight or obese,” the Independent quoted AICR researchers as saying.

“Public awareness of the link between obesity and cancer risk is alarmingly low,” said Alice Bender, MS, RD, Nutrition Communications Manager at AICR.

“We are working towards a day when obesity is right up there with tobacco in the public eye,” Bender added.

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