Based on the studies conducted by the Cancer Research UK, obesity is one of the most contributing factors why women could develop cancer cells. Scientific evidences show that overweight condition could increase up to 40 percent that women could suffer the dreadful ailment.
With the obese women, who were also cancer patients being tested, it was known that cancer could target different parts of the body, which include colon, breast, gallbladder, esophageal, pancreatic, kidney, and breast.
The Cancer Research UK, as posted in the Yahoo Health Column, has been promoting awareness to the public, regarding the obesity cases that would lead to these seven types of cancers. They use graphics as campaigns, and highlight the different results of their surveys to pose warnings to citizens of these alarming facts.
One of the results revealed that 274 out of 1000 women who are found obese were diagnosed with cancer. Also, 194 out of the thousand women tested with normal weight have cancer. Researchers have drawn the conclusion that obesity has a connection with cancer cases.
According to the survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 69 percent of women in the US are overweight or obese, which include individuals about 20 years of age and older.
"We know that our cancer risk depends on a combination of our genes, our environment and other aspects of our lives, many of which we can control, helping people understand how they can reduce their risk of developing cancer in the first place remains crucial in tackling the disease," stated by Dr. Julie Sharp, the head of health information at Cancer Research UK.
Dr. Sharp added that in order to reduce the cancer risk, it is best that everyone should be health conscious enough. Changing lifestyle like quitting unhealthy habits and maintaining a healthy diet could lessen the probability to develop cancer cells, as added by Dr. Sharp in an interview with ITV News.