Posted on 05/28/2022 6:41:21 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
New research shows that lifelong excess weight almost doubles a woman's risk of developing womb cancer, according to a Cancer Research UK-funded study published today in BMC Medicine.
The study from the University of Bristol is one of the first to find that for every 5 extra BMI units, a woman's risk of womb (endometrial) cancer is almost doubled (increase of 88%). This is higher than most previous studies have suggested and reflects lifelong weight status rather than a snapshot in time like most other studies. Five BMI units is the difference between the overweight category and the obese category, or of a 5-foot, 5-inch adult woman being two stones (28 pounds) heavier.
The researchers looked at markers of 14 traits, which could link obesity and womb cancer. They uncovered two hormones—fasting insulin and testosterone—that increased the risk of being diagnosed with womb cancer. By pinpointing exactly how obesity increases the risk of cancer, such as through hormones, scientists in the future could use drugs to reduce or increase the level of these hormones in people already at a higher risk of cancer. For example, drugs like metformin used in diabetes treatment can reduce the levels of hormones and research suggests this drug also affects cancer risk, though further study is ongoing.
Womb cancer is one of the cancer types most closely linked with obesity. It's the most common gynecological cancer in high income countries and is the fourth most common cancer for women in the UK—1 in 36 women will be diagnosed in their lifetime. And of UK womb cancer cases, it's estimated that around a third are caused by being overweight and obese.
Being overweight or obese is the second highest preventable cause of cancer in the UK.
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“healthy at any weight” is one of the more pernicious lies running around out there.
Body fat acts like female hormones.
The more body fat the more female hormones.
Bad for overweight men. Also bad for overweight women.
Ya don’t see many fat people in their 70s and 80s.
Diet is very hard for obese people to follow long term. If obese people had a discipline gene, they won’t be obese in first place. Exercise? That is even harder for obese people.
How old was Winston Churchill when he died?
He not only was fat, but smoked cigars and drank every day.
Churchill?
Just walk into Walmart and tell me how many fat 80 year olds ya see.
Not many! And those gizzers I see walk real slow and usually are not fat. I am 82 and usually the fastest walker in any large store such as Lowe’s or Walmart supercenter. But I exercise daily.
What about men with wombs?
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