Weight Gain in Adulthood Increases Cancer Risk

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Weight Gain in Adulthood Increases Cancer Risk


Individuals who gain a substantial amount of weight during adulthood and move into another body mass index (BMI) category have a markedly increased risk for obesity-related cancers, the results of a large analysis indicate.
Men who moved from being normal weight to being overweight during adulthood had a 50% increased risk of developing obesity-related cancers compared with men who only gained steadily and stayed at a healthy weight.
Among women, an increase in BMI from normal weight to being obese during adulthood was associated with a 17% increased risk for obesity-related cancers compared with women who stayed at a healthy weight.
“This research shows how important it is to look at weight gain over a person’s lifetime to give a clearer picture of cancer risk through life compared to assessing someone’s BMI at a single point,” commented lead researcher Hannah Lennon, PhD, research associate at the University of Manchester and the Health Research Center, United Kingdom.
Dr Lennon presented the findings here at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference 2016.



NCRI Cancer Conference 2016. Poster session. Presented November 9, 2016. Abstract

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