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10.07.2023 - 15:45 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Those who are overweight as a young adult may be at a greater risk of developing 18 cancers - more than the number previously linked with the disease - according to new study.
Earlier research identified a link between those who are overweight or obese with a heightened risk of diseases such as breast, bowel, kidney and pancreatic cancer.
And now carrying excess weight has been linked to leukaemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma as well as bladder, head and neck cancers, even in never-smokers, in the large study. According to study authors, these cancers have not previously been "considered as obesity-related cancers ”, with the impact of obesity on cancer “likely underestimated”.
Published in Nature Communications, the new study involved the examination of health data on more than 2.6million Spanish adults aged 40 and under. All participants were cancer-free in 2009.
The researchers analysed the body-mass index (BMI) of those throughout the lifetime of those involved in the study, with the authors stating that previous studies only used one BMI score to identify the link.
Study participants were then tracked for nine years to see whether or not they developed cancer, with 225,399 diagnosed with a form of the disease during the study.
The researchers concluded that those who were overweight or obese in early adulthood, aged 40 and under, appeared to have an increased risk of cancer, with 18 cancers in total linked to excess weight.
Overall, some 18 cancers were linked to excess weight.
The authors wrote: “This study shows that longer duration, greater degree, and younger age of onset of overweight and obesity during early adulthood are positively associated with risk of 18 cancers , including leukaemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and
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