High BMI increases cancer risk
August 18, 2014
HIGH body mass index (BMI) is
associated with increased risk of
developing 10 common types of
cancer, according to new research
published in the Lancet.
Reported first by BBC News, the
research looked at the largest study
of its kind, with more than 5m
adults from the UK involved.
It found associations between
BMI and 17 of the 22 cancers
studied, with higher BMI “roughly
linearly” associated with increased
risk of uterine, gallbladder,
kidney, cervical, thyroid cancers
and leukaemia, while positive
associations were recorded
between BMI and liver, colon,
ovarian and postmenopausal breast
cancers, although these were nonlinear
or modified by individual
factors, the research found.
The research estimated that a one
kg per square metre populationwide
increase in BMI would result
in a further 3,790 patients in the UK
developing one of these 10 cancers.
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