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Obesity could be the new cancer risk for young Americans, according to a study by the American Cancer Society.
The study, published Monday in the Lancet Public Health Journal, was based on data for the period 1995-2014 regarding 12 types of cancer-related cancers associated with obesity and 18 non-weight-related species. She highlighted a disturbing correlation between susceptibility to obesity and individuals aged 24 to 49 years old. years
The study showed a steady increase in the incidence of six cancers associated with obesity in adults of this age.
These types include pancreatic cancer, kidneys, gall bladder and uterus. According to this study, the incidence of these cancers generally appeared in people over 60, but began to increase in the "millennial generation".
This increase is accelerating in younger generations, according to the study.
In contrast, researchers found a decrease in eight cancers other than obesity, including smoking-related tumors and HIV infection.
"The results of the study" predict an increase in the burden of obesity-related cancers in the elderly in the future … this could stop or reverse the progress made in reducing number of cancer deaths in recent decades, "said Ahmadine Jamal, vice president of the American Cancer Society.
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