Obese people have an increased risk of 13 types of cancer

According to this study, people fat have a high chance of getting cancers related to the intestines, breast, liver and stomach.

According to Cancer Research UK, in the UK, obesity is the second leading cause of cancer, after smoking, which is linked to nearly 23,000 cases of cancer each year. British public spends £9.7 billion a year (equivalent to VND 280,000 billion) for treatment.

Overweight and obesity can cause changes in the body that lead to cancer. These changes include prolonged inflammation as well as increased levels of insulin, insulin-like growth factors, and sex hormones. The higher the risk of cancer, the greater the excess weight and the longer the patient has been overweight.

Obese people have a higher risk of 13 types of cancer than the general population. In particular, there are two types of common cancers, breast cancer (in post-menopausal women) and colorectal cancer, along with three types of difficult-to-treat cancers, which are esophageal and pancreatic cancer. and gallbladder.

Obesity increases the risk of many diseases, including cancer. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Excess fat can also increase insulin levels in the blood. In addition, adipose tissue in obese individuals also secretes inflammatory cytokines and adipokines. Both factors can promote tumor growth in the breast. Obese women are more likely to develop postmenopausal breast cancer than the general population. This condition is also one of the factors that increase the risk of breast cancer in men.

Obese patients are 30% more likely to develop colorectal cancer than people of normal weight. The higher the BMI, the higher the risk of colorectal cancer in both sexes, but the increase was higher in men than in women.

In addition to the above cancers, obese people also have a risk of many other cancers such as endometrial cancer 2-4 times higher, stomach, liver, kidney 2 times higher than normal people. . The risk of meningioma will be 50% higher in obese people and about 20% in overweight people, and the likelihood of multiple myeloma will increase 10-20% in this group of subjects.

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