Cancer and Obesity: Do I Have Cancer?

Cancer and obesity

Obesity does not increase risk of cancer?

Obesity

Obesity is measured in terms of body mass index (BMI).

BMI determines whether the weight is in the healthy range, or are overweight or obese.

Box BMI = weight / height. For example, for a person weighing 80 kg and 170 meters long, BMI = 27.6

One is the weight if the body mass index of less than 18.5

He said people have a healthy body mass index if it was between 18.5 and 24.9

When the BMI is 25 to 29.9, defined as overweight

30 when the index of body mass or higher, and is said to be a person of obesity.

How obesity increases the risk of cancer?

Obesity increases the risk of cancer in several ways:

The fatty tissue in the body produces excessive amounts of the hormone estrogen. High levels of estrogen increases the risk of breast cancer and uterine lining and gut and some other cancers.
Obese people have elevated levels of insulin and insulin-like substances in the blood. These materials may promote the development of some tumors.
Fat cells produce hormones called adipokines that may stimulate the growth of some cancers.
It is said that people are suffering from obesity a chronic low-level inflammation which is associated with increased cancer risk.
What are the cancers associated with obesity?

Obesity is associated with an increased risk of cancer:

Esophagus
Thyroid
Colon and rectum
Kidney
Pancreas
Gallbladder
Breast (postmenopausal)
Uterus
What other diseases associated with obesity?

In addition to cancer, obesity is a major risk factor for many diseases including:

Diabetes
Heart disease
Hypertension
Arthritis
Sleep apnea
Depression
Asthma
Gallbladder problems
What is the prevalence of obesity?

Obesity has become a global epidemic. According to the World Health Organization (WHO):

Obesity has more than doubled since 1980 worldwide.
In 2014, more than 1.9 million adults over 18, overweight. This more than 600 million suffer from obesity.
39% of adults aged 18 and older were overweight in 2014, and 13 percent are obese.
In the United States, about two-thirds of adults and about one third of children are overweight or obese.

Australia ranks today as one of the fattest nations in the developed world. If weight gain continues at current levels, by 2025, nearly 80% of all Australian adults and one third of all children will be overweight or obese (MODI).

If the obesity epidemic continues in the current situation, despite new developments in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, the incidence of cancer significantly, taking into account increasing life expectancy of people around the world.