Seattle Health Blog

One of the causes of cancer is fat and overweight. This is a problem that many experienced people and could unwittingly be the cause of cancer.

Fat excessive body can increase the risk of the individual against the six types of cancer. This was stated by a report from the cancer research group in Washington, United States, as reported in the Los Angeles Times.

An American Institute for Cancer Research and World Cancer Research Fund provides 10 recommendations for cancer prevention, including limiting consumption of red meat and alcohol.

A non-profit organizations in the United States, invites the public to as much as possible keep your weight within normal limits as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) or the American government, and avoid weight gain and waist circumference increase in old age.

Recommendations’’shows what science told us today: In fact, excess body fat even in small amounts, especially if there is fat in the waist, can increase the risk,’’said W. Philip T. James, chairman of the International Obesity Task Force for the London area and at the same time one of the international jury members who prepared the research report.

The addition of body fat, especially in the abdomen, affects levels of hormones and growth factors, which may lead to the development of cancer cells. Obesity can be identified with ‘a part of such inflamed in constant low-level’ in the body that can promote cancer.