Body Fat-Cancer Link Re-Affirmed By UK Study

Details have emerged indicating that according to experts at the American Institute for Cancer Resarch (AICR) new results from a British study links excess body fat to several cancers.

As ICR Nutritionist Sarah Wally, RD suggests: "This new analysis falls closely in line with the conclusions of AICR's comprehensive expert report, Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer: A Global Perspective The expert panel who wrote that report reviewed hundreds of studies and determined that staying lean may be the most important thing we can do to protect against cancer. Today's results bear that conclusion out."

For interested persons, the new study appears in the February 16 issue of the British medical journal The Lancet.

Further investigation into this article depicts that researchers found that obesity doubled the risk for several common cancers, furthermore, excess body fat may play a role in some rare cancers as well.

In addition to this reached conclusion, as of last November, the AICR expert panel concluded that carrying excess body fat is now linked to cancers of the colon, rectum, pancreas, kidney, endometrium, breast (post-menopausal) and a specific kind of esophageal cancer as well.

According to the related experts, the metabolically active nature of body fat is thought to be a main reason for the cancer link. Fat cells constantly pump a variety of proteins and hormones into the bloodstream. Over time, these substances can raise risk for cancer.

In an attempt to deal with the said problems, the AICR expert panel issued 10 research-based recommendations for preventing cancer, and they boil down to three simple guidelines:

- Choose mostly plant foods, limit red and avoid processed meat.
- Be physically active every day in any way for 30 minutes or more.
- Aim to be a healthy weight throughout life.

They add succintly as well- do not smoke or chew tobacco.


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