Body fatness and weight gain and the risk of cancer
Overweight and obesity, generally assessed by various anthropometric measures including body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference, are now more prevalent ...
Obesity, weight gain and cancer risk - WCRF International
The evidence also shows that, in general, the more weight people gain as adults, the higher the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer. In contrast, the evidence ...
Body Fatness and Cancer — Viewpoint of the IARC Working Group
Relative risks from meta-analyses or pooled analyses were 1.2 to 1.5 for overweight and 1.5 to 1.8 for obesity with respect to cancers of the colon, gastric ...
Body Fatness, Weight Gain, and the Risk of Cancer
Research links excess body fat with greater risk of at least 12 different cancers. That includes some of the most common cancers, such as ...
Body Weight and Cancer Risk | Obesity Effect on Cancer Risk
Being overweight during childhood and young adulthood might be more of a risk factor than gaining weight later in life for some cancers. For ...
Obesity and Cancer Fact Sheet - NCI
Compared with people of healthy weight, those with overweight or obesity are at greater risk for many diseases, including diabetes, high blood ...
How does obesity cause cancer? | MD Anderson Cancer Center
Research shows that excess body fat increases your risk for several cancers, including colorectal, post-menopausal breast, uterine, esophageal, kidney and ...
How does obesity cause cancer? - Cancer Research UK
A BMI of 25 or higher increases the risk of 13 types of cancer. Having a BMI higher than 25 doesn't mean you' ...
Obesity and Cancer: A Current Overview of Epidemiology ...
Excess body fat results in an approximately 17% increased risk of cancer-specific mortality. The relationship between obesity and the risk ...
Body fatness associations with cancer: evidence from recent ...
Central fat accumulation leads to decreased adiponectin levels and subsequent changes in insulin and sex-hormone pathways. •. The role of gut microbiota and gut ...
You may be surprised to learn that being overweight or having obesity are linked with a higher risk of getting 13 types of cancer. These cancers ...
Breast Cancer Risk: Body Weight and Weight Gain - Susan G. Komen
Body weight and breast cancer risk after menopause. Women who are overweight or obese after menopause have a 20%-60% higher breast cancer risk than those who ...
Weight and cancer: What is the link? - Cancer Council Victoria
Excess body fat (especially toxic or visceral fat around the waist and vital organs) leads to more chemicals and hormones being released. It may also lead to ...
Excess weight linked to 8 more cancer types – WashU Medicine
There are many reasons why being overweight or obese can increase cancer risk, the researchers noted. Excess fat leads to an overproduction of estrogen, ...
Body Fatness & Weight Gain - American Institute for Cancer Research
kidney cancer. Greater weight gain in adulthood increases the risk of. post-menopausal breast cancer. Being overweight or obese as an adult ...
How your weight affects your cancer risk
Maintaining a healthy weight raises your energy and mood levels and helps lower your cancer risk.
Midlife weight gain is a risk factor for obesity-related cancer - NCBI
A number of studies have identified excess body fat as a modifiable risk factor for certain cancers; fewer studies have examined the effect of ...
Central body fatness is a stronger predictor of cancer risk than ...
Males and females classified as obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg /m −2 ) have a 33% and 22% increased risk of all-cancer, respectively, than their normal weight ...
Global patterns in excess body weight and the associated cancer ...
There is growing evidence that body fatness may increase the risk of cancers of the mouth, pharynx, and larynx. A pooled analysis that included ...
Obesity, overweight and your risk of cancer - Cancer prevention tips
Our research shows that there are several reasons for the link between body weight and cancer. For example, we know that fat cells release hormones such as ...