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Obesity as teenagers really trigger Cancer?

obesity triggers cancerKnown as obesity is causes many diseases. A new study found that obesity, which is the experience in adolescents over the years could trigger cancer later in life.

The study found that men who are overweight or are obese during adolescence, are more likely to die of cancer due to unhealthy weight gain of 35 per cent.

Even if they are successful in reducing weight in the middle ages, it will not reduce the additional risk of the development of cancer. Cancer of the lung, skin, kidney and prostate is susceptible strains of the disease experienced by people with obesity in adolescence.

A British scientist was searched on 20 thousand men. The findings concluded that it is very important to maintain a healthy lifelong weight.

Researcher Dr. Lindsay Gray's Medical Research Council (MRC), it's the first time, the impact of obesity adulthood increases the risk of cancer discovered later.

Body high mass index and weight assessment system has been linked to some cancers and has always shown later.

"It's very interesting that a mass index body superior to 18 years actually led to cancer risk that a body mass index high in the middle ages," says Lindsay, according to the Daily Mail.

The results provide a clear message, maintenance of a healthy weight can significantly reduce your chances of getting cancer.

"These results should be a signal of warning young people to maintain a healthy weight", she added.

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Hundreds of children in England suffer from obesity

June 13, 2011 by: Jane category: Obesity

child obesityThis is a rather surprising conclusion. In England, hundreds of children and even infants suffer from obesity. There is even a child who has suffered a stroke at the age of six years.

Based on data published by the freedom of Action Information, 66 of 168 hospitals in England, over the past five years, there are 5 500 children under the age of 16 who are treated by obesity. According to The Telegraph, the children underwent surgery as the gastric bypass and gastric surgery to reduce obesity.

These data, there is a case where a 15 year old boy kilograms 156 has been treated in North Staffordshire, England before being taken to the Mexico for surgery of the stomach. In addition, the family also had to follow a healthy diet.

"I have dealt with children aged two years, and we know most often are patients in a very young age, said Dr. Ken NGOs of the Addenbrooke hospital in Cambridge, England."

Those arriving at the hospital were patients who had suffered extreme obesity. However, there are many more children who are obese in the community who have not been reported.

It is thought generally would be overweight as a child and that it will normally grow in the future. However, according to a study in the Addenbroke hospital, children continue to suffer from obesity until they become adults and even tends to get worse.

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