Excess weight can approximate the development of cancer
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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American experts say that about 40% of oncological diseases in the population are associated with obesity. This does not mean that any full person will get cancer 100%: however, he has a significantly increased risk of developing thirteen varieties of cancer tumors. The US health authorities recognize that they can not yet scientifically explain this trend. "Based on the results of our last study, we can assume that different degrees of obesity in 2014 have caused oncology onset in more than 600,000 people in the United States. Thirteen types of cancer are involved - including brain cancer, common myeloma, breast and esophagus cancer, stomach cancer, genital organs, thyroid gland and intestines, "the researchers say. According to the executive director of the Healthcare Center Anne Shushat, the relationship between obesity and oncology does not yet have scientific explanations. According to the polls, those people who are actively engaged in prevention of oncology do not pay enough attention to combating obesity. This fact is very alarming epidemiologists: "We know that excess weight leads to hormonal disorders and disruption of metabolic processes. Obesity causes an increase in the amount of estrogen and insulin, potentiates the course of inflammatory reactions, which directly affects the processes of cell division. " Of the more than 600,000 cancer patients whose disease was associated with obesity, the vast majority were patients aged 50 to 74 years. For nine years the number of such cases in the United States increased by 7%. It was also observed that cancer, not related to obesity, became much smaller - their number decreased by 13%. Such values are indicative: especially when you consider that in America, 60-70% of adults suffer from some degree of obesity. It is noteworthy that white women suffer from oncology due to obesity much more often than white men (respectively 55% and 24%). Among African Americans, the situation is completely opposite. All the details of the study were written by specialists in their weekly report. The strategic head of cancer research at the American Society of Oncology Farhad Islami points out other important factors of cancer development. The World Cancer Research Society provided information that every fifth cancer case in the world is associated not only with obesity, but also with a sedentary lifestyle, with alcohol consumption or malnutrition. As for the influence of nicotine, this factor should be singled out separately - it has long been proven that smoking can cause not only lung cancer, but also stomach cancer. It is important to note that the danger of oncology should be considered not only for people who have a fixed degree of obesity: any amount of excess fat can adversely affect health and lead to the development of malignant neoplasms.
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