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Obesity Discussion · 10-27-07, 02:41 PM

Obesity, Cancer- The #1 cause of cancer in non-smokers is....obesity!

This research done over a 5 year period was sponsored by the World Cancer Research Fund and will be presented as a report at the Royal Society in London in November. Keep an eye out of the title: "Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer."

Obesity raises the levels of estrogen, and other hormones which in women increases the chances of getting breast cancer. Obese men are more likely to get colon cancer. Kidney cancer risk increases as do the risks of getting even rarer cancers.

Now I have seen in another study that your overall chances of getting some form of cancer as a result of being obese are 50% higher that the chances of those who are not obese getting cancer. Food for thought.

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Obesity Discussion Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 7,799 Weight Statistics 8/1/2006 Start Date: 185 lb Start Weight: 152 lb Current Weight: 155 lb Goal Weight: -33 lb Weight Loss: 5/1/2007 Goal Date:	Obesity, Cancer- The #1 cause of cancer in non-smokers is....obesity! Obesity, Cancer- The #1 cause of cancer in non-smokers is....obesity! This research done over a 5 year period was sponsored by the World Cancer Research Fund and will be presented as a report at the Royal Society in London in November. Keep an eye out of the title: "Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer." Obesity raises the levels of estrogen, and other hormones which in women increases the chances of getting breast cancer. Obese men are more likely to get colon cancer. Kidney cancer risk increases as do the risks of getting even rarer cancers. Now I have seen in another study that your overall chances of getting some form of cancer as a result of being obese are 50% higher that the chances of those who are not obese getting cancer. Food for thought. __________________