Million Women Study Portrays Strong Overweight / Cancer Link

The largest study of its kind undertaken in Britain, titled as the ‘Million Women Study’, to understand the reason behind the rise in the incidences of cancer found obesity as a prominent cause of cancer in women.20-07-2008

Nearly five per cent of all cancers in women aged 50 - 64 were connected to obesity.
According to researchers, nearly 6000 women, between the ages of 50 and 60 are diagnosed with cancer each year. Close to 50% of the cases pertaining to cancer of the womb and throat were found to be linked to obesity.
The study which tracked a million women between 50-64 years of age for five years, found that a high body mass index triggered the surge of all types of cancers. The risk of cancer was three fold with a 10 point increase in the body mass index.
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