Can losing weight prevent you from getting cancer?

Research indicates that when weight goes up, so does the risk of many cancers.

Here are highlights from a great article posted by The Breast Cancer Prevention and Treatment Fund on the relationship between obesity and cancer.

12 Facts About the Link Between Body Weight and Cancer

When weight goes up, so does the risk of many cancers
When weight goes down the risk of certain cancers also goes down
Excess body weight doesn’t only increase the risk of developing cancer, it can also make treatment more difficult and cause tumors to grow more quickly
There are many health benefits to achieving and maintaining a healthy body weight, including lowering the risk of cancer and improving cancer treatment outcomes
After giving up tobacco, watching your weight and staying active are your best forms of health insurance
The habits that lead to excess body fat might also increase the risk of developing certain types of cancer
Weight loss can reduce the risk of breast cancer
The risk of obesity-related cancer for women was found to be almost three times the risk for men,
20 to 30 percent of the most common cancers in the United States “may be related to being overweight and/or lack of physical activity
Excess weight in men was most strongly associated with cancer of the esophagus, the thyroid, colon cancer, and cancer of the kidneys
An overweight man with prostate cancer is more likely to die of it than a man with prostate cancer who is not overweight
Excess weight in women is most strongly associated with endometrial (uterine) cancer, cancer of the gallbladder and the esophagus, and kidney cancer

Read the whole article:
Weight and Cancer: What You Should Know

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Dr. Nalini Chilkov, L.Ac. OMD, is the creator and Founder of the OutSmart Cancer® System. She has lectured worldwide and at the Schools of Medicine at UCLA and UC Irvine and is a frequent expert resource to the media. Dr. Chilkov brings the wisdom and insight of over 35 years of experience with thousands of patients.

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