OBESITY: A RISK FACTOR FOR CANCER.

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Everyone knows that smoking is a major cause of cancer. Yet, according to research published in the British Journal of Public Health (2001), obese adults have more chronic health problems than their smoking counterparts.

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More than 30 known diseases are now believed to be directly linked to excess body fat, including heart disease, diabetes, peridontal disease, inflammation, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, infertility, and many cancers (including gastrointestinal, colon, kidney, esophagus, prostate, breast and endometrial).

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Over the last several years, more scientists have come to accept that there is a link between obesity and cancer.

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.....form, ALIVE, April, 2006.