Cancer Prevention - Recommendation 1
Recommendation 1:
Maintenance of a healthy weight throughout life may be one of the most important ways to protect against cancer.
Being overweight or obese increases the risk of some cancers. Overweight and obesity also increase the risk of conditions including dyslipidaemia, hypertension and stroke, type 2 diabetes, and coronary heart disease. Overweight in childhood and early life is liable to be followed by overweight and obesity in adulthood. Maintenance of a healthy weight throughout life may be one of the most important ways to protect against cancer.
The evidence that greater body fatness is a cause of adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus, and cancers of the pancreas, colorectum, breast (postmenopause), endometrium, and kidney, is convincing. Greater body fatness is probably a cause of cancer of the gallbladder. There is limited evidence suggesting that greater body fatness is a cause of liver cancer.
At first, I am surprise by the comment that greater body fatness protect against Premenopausal breast cancer. But actually I should not. Ladies are supposed to have more body fat. It is abnormal to have anorexic (very thin - like most models) bodies. It is the subcutaneous fat that makes the ladies' skin smoother than guys'. This signals in me that moderation or avoidance of extreme is important.
In case you don't know whether your weight is alright, go to BMI calculator.
In case your weight is way out of the guideline, do not despair. Take your current weight as your baseline, just follow this rule. From today onward, don't allow it to go any more upward.
Maintenance of a healthy weight throughout life may be one of the most important ways to protect against cancer.
Being overweight or obese increases the risk of some cancers. Overweight and obesity also increase the risk of conditions including dyslipidaemia, hypertension and stroke, type 2 diabetes, and coronary heart disease. Overweight in childhood and early life is liable to be followed by overweight and obesity in adulthood. Maintenance of a healthy weight throughout life may be one of the most important ways to protect against cancer.
The evidence that greater body fatness is a cause of adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus, and cancers of the pancreas, colorectum, breast (postmenopause), endometrium, and kidney, is convincing. Greater body fatness is probably a cause of cancer of the gallbladder. There is limited evidence suggesting that greater body fatness is a cause of liver cancer.
At first, I am surprise by the comment that greater body fatness protect against Premenopausal breast cancer. But actually I should not. Ladies are supposed to have more body fat. It is abnormal to have anorexic (very thin - like most models) bodies. It is the subcutaneous fat that makes the ladies' skin smoother than guys'. This signals in me that moderation or avoidance of extreme is important.
In case you don't know whether your weight is alright, go to BMI calculator.
In case your weight is way out of the guideline, do not despair. Take your current weight as your baseline, just follow this rule. From today onward, don't allow it to go any more upward.
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