Joka vuosi ylipainoa leikkaa naisen selviytysmismahdollisuuksia syövästä 4%

Ei kovin kehopositiivista ainakin omasta mielestäni jos tutkijan mukaan ylipaino vastaa riskeiltään tupakan polttamista. Tämän lisäksi ylipaino altistaa syövän puhkeamiselle alunperinkin ja sillä on haitallisia vaikutuksia mm. insuliininvasteeseen. Oma johtopäätökseni on, ettei plösöyttä pitäisi eritysesti promota niin kuin eräät tahot tekevät nykyään. Asialla saattaa olla jopa laajoja kansanterveydellisä haittoja.

The Swedish researchers found that each year of being overweight cut a woman’s chances of surviving bowel cancer by four per cent and breast cancer by three per cent.

They said time spent being overweight is ‘the obesity-equivalent of years of cigarette smoking’.

Overweight people are more likely to have insulin resistance, chronic inflammation and DNA damage – all linked with the onset of cancer.

Excess body fat sends out signals telling cells to divide more often and causes damage to build up.

Two-thirds of adults in the UK are obese or overweight, and obesity has overtaken smoking as the leading cause of four major cancers.

Julia Frater, of Cancer Research UK, said: ‘This study reinforces the idea that keeping and maintaining a healthy weight throughout one’s life can lower the risk of death from cancer and other diseases.

‘It’s worth highlighting that the length of time someone was overweight for made a big difference towards surviving their cancer.’