A change in body condition can help prevent cancer.
JAKARTA – Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there are around 9.6 million deaths per year due to cancer in this world. One change in body condition could help cut the risk of 13 types of cancer.
As a large group of diseases, cancer has various types. Some of them are lung cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, and liver cancer. The risk of each type of cancer is influenced by various factors.
In lung cancer, for example, the single biggest risk factor is smoking. This smoking habit plays a role in 70 percent of lung cancer incidence.
Regarding risk factors, there is one condition that has a significant role in the incidence of 13 types of cancer. Ironically, this condition is quite common in the world.
WHO even reveals that nearly two billion people in the world have this condition. The conditions in question are overweight and obesity.
“Obesity is the single biggest preventable cause of cancer after smoking,” concluded Cancer Research UK Express.co.ukTuesday (22/2/2022).
Some cancers that can be triggered by obesity and obesity are breast cancer, colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, esophageal or esophageal cancer, and gallbladder cancer. Other types of cancer that are also triggered by overweight and obesity are uterine cancer, ovarian cancer, kidney cancer, liver and upper stomach cancer, myeloma, meningioma, and thyroid cancer.
Overweight and obesity can trigger cancer through excess fat stored in the body. Excess fat in the body is actually not silent, but is active in sending signals throughout the body.
Signals released by fat cells can affect three things. One of them is growth hormone. Too much body fat can make growth hormone levels increase, which in turn encourages cells to divide more often.
“This signal can tell the cells in our body to divide more often, which can lead to cancer,” said Cancer Research UK.
The second thing that is affected by signals from fat cells is inflammation. When there is a lot of fat in the body, immune cells will come to the area with the aim of making dead fat cells.
Source: Republic
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