Obesity is responsible for 13 types of cancer

A recent study found that body weight was responsible for about 4% of all cancer cases worldwide and a significant proportion of malignancies diagnosed in developing countries.

Since 2012, weight gain has caused 544,300 cancer cases diagnosed worldwide each year, researchers at The Census Journal for Clinicians reported.

While overweight and obese people accounted for only 1% of cancers in low-income countries, they accounted for 7-8% of cancers diagnosed in some Western high-income countries, as well as in the Middle East and the Middle East. North Africa.

"Many people are unaware of the link between weight gain and cancer," said Song Huawana, who headed the study group of the American Cancer Society in Atlanta.

"Trying to maintain and maintain a healthy weight is important and can reduce the risk of cancer," she said in an email.

Researchers have indicated that the proportion of overweight and obese people has increased worldwide since the 1970s.

In 2016, 40% of adults and 18% of school-aged children were overweight or obese on 2 billion adults and 340 million children worldwide.

Overweight and obesity are closely related to an increased risk of 13 types of tumors: breast, colon, rectum, uterus, esophagus, gallbladder, kidneys, liver, ovaries, pancreas, stomach, thyroid, brain, spinal cord and blood cells.

Some research has recently linked weight gain to the risk of prostate cancer, as well as cancers of the mouth and throat.

Source: Reuters