Relationship between Obesity and Cancer

[James Marusek 5,244]

I came across an article this morning that discussed the relationship between obesity and cancer.

There are at least 13 different types of cancer that are associated with overweight (BMI = 25-29.9) and obesity (BMI = or > 30), according to Dr. C. Brooke Steele of the CDC, and colleagues. These include: adenocarcinoma of the esophagus; cancers of the breast [in postmenopausal women], colon and rectum, endometrium, gallbladder, gastric cardia, kidney, liver, ovary, pancreas, and thyroid; meningioma; and multiple myeloma.

These investigators used data from the US Cancer Statistics database for 2014 to determine new cases of such cancers, as well as assessing trends between 2005 and 2014. They reported that approximately 40 percent of cancers diagnosed in 2014 were among those associated with overweight and obesity and affected about 631,000 persons.

Overweight and obesity-related cancer incidences were greater in people over the age of 50, as one would expect, and were also greater in women than men: 218 vs 115 per 100,000 persons, respectively, because about 42 percent of these cancers affected breast, endometrium, or ovaries. However, for most of those cancers that affected both genders, there were higher incidences in men than in women.

https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/12/28/obesity-associated-cancers-are-increasing-12330

[Creekimp13 5,840]

One of the bigger reasons I opted to finally do surgery.

[Rainbow_Warrior 996]

No doubt ... if we take obesity out of the picture, the health risks (INCLUDING CANCERS) diminish.

[FluffyChix 17,415]

4 hours ago, Creekimp13 said:

One of the bigger reasons I opted to finally do surgery.

This...

[336Mike 549]

Wow!

VSG 10/11/17 HW = 360 SW = 292 CW = 238 GW = 220 (6'5")