Cancer linked to obesity could turn out to be the biggest killer in next decade

#obesity #cancer #heartdisease In the opinion of academics of Harvard University, cancer linked to obesity could turn out to be the biggest killer of the next decade. As it is, this condition is already to blame for up to 32,000 cancer deaths every year in the UK.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 30 May 2015.

The experts feel diet and exercise regimes should become ‘standard’ treatment for cancer along with the regular chemotherapy and surgery. Thy have warned that unless checked, the US and the UK obesity will cause more cancer deaths than smoking.
The warnings should not be taken lightly because overweight patients have high risk of developing cancer and also are far more likely to die. The WHO predicts that at present nearly 25% of adults in Britain are obese and this would increase to 33% by 2030.
Moreover, children faced a ‘rising tide’ of cancer, heart disease and ill health due to the effects of their obesity which needs to be checked and kept under control.
The researchers have indicated that obesity increases the risk of the most common types of tumors including breast, prostate, bowel, womb and cervical cancers.
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