FitnessMantra Weekend: Obesity Raises The Risk Of Cancer
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February
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A relatively quiet week on the health, fitness and nutrition front, but the biggest story has to be the reconfirmation of the fact that Obesity Raises Cancer Risk. According to the article, although evidence leading to this conclusion has been building up over several years, this is the first time a determination has been made about how much the relative risk goes up as a person’s weight increases and he/she moves from one BMI (Body Mass Index) category to another:
This study, from scientists at the University of Manchester, analyzed 141 articles involving 282,137 cancer cases and 20 different types of malignancies to determine the cancer risk associated with a 5 kilogram-per-meter-squared increase in BMI, roughly the increase that would bump a person from middle-normal weight into overweight.
In men, such an increase in BMI raised the risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma by 52 percent, thyroid cancer by 33 percent, and colon and kidney cancer by 24 percent each. In women, the same increase in BMI increased the risk of endometrial and gallbladder cancer by 59 percent each, esophageal adenocarcinoma by 51 percent, and kidney cancer by 34 percent. [Washington Post]
Just one more reason to keep our weights under check! Do check out the week’s top health and fitness stories:
- Weight loss may not harm obese teens’ bones: Although adults who lose weight may also lose some bone mass, obese adolescents seem to keep gaining bone density as they shed pounds, a study suggests.
- Obesity Raises Cancer Risk: The more weight you carry on your body, the greater your odds of developing cancer, British researchers report.
- Fatty Fast Food, Idleness May Vex Liver: Consistently overdoing it at the fast-food counter and leading an idle life may not bode well for the liver, not to mention the waist size.
- Heart patients rarely change eating habits: A one-year follow-up study of patients with heart disease found that few are meeting recommendations for fruit, vegetable and fiber intake, and they were eating a “disturbing” amount of trans fat
- Heart disease may be on the upswing: Autopsies of adults who died young of unnatural causes show many already had clogged arteries, U.S. and Canadian researchers said on Monday in a study that suggests heart disease may be on the upswing.
- Take a walk while at work to stay fit: Office goers must take out some time to stroll a bit as sitting for long hours on the office chair can be injurious to health.
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Have a great weekend!
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