Fat increases Risk of Cancer! Another reason to stay motivated!

[CarolMN]

Read this article in the paper this morning:

Study says fat increases cancer risk, causes 90,000 cancer deaths annually
Janet McConnaughey, Associated Press

Published April 24, 2003


Losing weight could prevent one of every six cancer deaths in the United States -- more than 90,000 each year, according to a sweeping study that experts say links fat and cancer more convincingly than ever.

Researchers spent 16 years evaluating 900,000 people who were cancer-free when the study began in 1982. They concluded that excess weight may account for 14 percent of all cancer deaths in men and 20 percent in women.

The study was big enough to support a fat connection not only in cancers where it has been known for some time but also in eight where it hadn't, said lead researcher .....

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Earlier studies have found that excess weight contributes to cancers of the breast and uterus, colon and rectum, kidney, esophagus and gall bladder. This one also linked it to cancers of the cervix and ovaries, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkins lymphoma, pancreas, liver, and, in men, the stomach and prostate..........

Here's a link to the entire article:
Fat Causes 90,000 Cancer Deaths Annually

 

[tlgoblue]

I heard this this morning, but didn't get the full scoop. Thanks for the link!

Keep the Faith!
Tracy

 

[nativetxn]

You know what I would like to see someday? I would like to see a study that actually tells us what <i>doesn't</i> cause cancer, just seems like everything does

Thanks for the article, Carol. It is certainly extra motivation for me

Katholyn