Obese women are at greater risk of developing breast cancer. Overweight women with high blood sugar and fat levels have more chance of developing breast cancer and have worst prognosis. Doctors conducted research study on 1,000 obese women. Of these, 561 women were diagnosed with Breast Cancer. This research study was conducted by Umea [...]
Obesity linked to esophageal cancer
February 28, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Obesity and high refined carbohydrate intake may cause oesophageal cancer, according to latest research study published in “The American Journal of Gastroenterology“. Incidence of esophageal cancer is high in very obese people with BMI is more than 35. Obesity is also linked with Prostate cancer, breast and uterine cancer, colon cancer and kidney cancer. [...]
Obesity increases esophageal cancer link
October 11, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Obese people six times more likely to get gullet cancer than normal weight people, according to a study published in the British journal “Gut”. Obesity and gastric acid reflux are major risk factors for developing esophageal cancer. Combination of both factors will increase gullet cancer risk by 16 times. Highly obese [...]
Prostate cancer in Obese people
January 10, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Research from National Institute of Cancer indicates that while excess weight may not be a causative factor for prostate cancer, there is a great chance that obese men are more likely to die of the condition. Study was conducted over 5 year duration. While obesity did not impact the risk of developing prostate [...]
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