Study suggests obesity could be the leading cause of cancer

obesity increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, it is certain that obesity increases the risk oftumorsThe latest research by Renihan, an expert at the University of Manchester's School of Cancer Research and others, provides new evidence that "obesity is the cause ofcancercause."The latest issue of the "Medical Tribune" published related reports, said that through the year to November last year, involving 15 parts of the body, 20 tumors, 282,137 cases of tumor patients and 141literaturecomprehensive analysis found that the increase inBMI andmenesophageal adenocarcinoma, thyroid cancer, colon cancer and kidney cancer and other risk significantlyFor every five units increasein in BMI, the risk of esophageal, thyroid, colon and kidney cancer increased by 52 per cent, 33, 24 and 24, respectivelyIncreased BMI was also significantly associated withwomenthe risk of endometrial cancer, gallbladder cancer, esophageal adenocarcinoma and kidney cancerFor every five units of BMI, the risk of endometrial cancer, gallbladder cancer, esophageal adenocarcinoma and kidney cancer increased by 59 per cent, 59, 51 and 34 per cent, respectivelyIn addition, bmi increases have been linked to the risk of rectal cancer and malignant melanoma in men, women postmenopausal breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, thyroid cancer and colon cancer, and the risk of leukemia, multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in women The results are essentially the same in north America, Europe and Australia, and in different regions of Asia-Pacific How obesity increases the risk of cancer is not yet known The BMI is the number of kilograms of body weight divided by the square height (meters), the normal value the standard between 18 and 25, more than twenty-five is overweight, more than 30 is obese At the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Walter Williams, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, points out that as smoking rates decline and obesity rates rise, obesity is the leading cause of cancer At present, smoking causes about 30 percent of tumor deaths, and about 14 percent of cancer deaths in men are caused by obesity, compared with 20 percent for women To this end, the National Cancer Institute of the United States experts in the "tumor prevention strategy, the addition of "to curb obesity" is urgent (Zeng Liming)