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Obese women at risk of cancerDate: 07/11/2007 08:38:57
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Half of all cases of womb cancer are caused by being overweight, a new study by researchers at Oxford University has revealed.
According to the Million Women Study, which was funded by Cancer Research UK and is published in the British Medical Journal, being overweight or obese contributes to a wide range of cancers, including a type of oesophageal cancer, kidney cancer, leukaemia, multiple myeloma, pancreatic cancer, ovarian cancer and even breast and bowel cancer in some groups of people.
The findings, which were based on analysis of over one million women in the UK over a seven-year period, suggest that being overweight or obese accounts for around 6,000 of the 120,000 new cases of cancer every year among middle-aged and older women in the UK.
Sara Hiom, the charity's director of health information, said: "This research adds to the evidence regarding the impact of being overweight or obese on developing cancer and dying from the disease."
Ms Hiom said that many people do not readily associate carrying extra weight with cancer risk.
"These findings need to be taken into consideration alongside the established strong relationships between body fatness and other common illnesses such as diabetes and heart attacks," she concluded.
The latest study follows a landmark report published last week that emphasised the importance of maintaining a healthy weight to reduce cancer risk.
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