Khaberni - The chief oncologist at the Russian Ministry of Health, Andrei Kaprin announced that weight gain in women could lead to serious tumors such as endometrial cancer and breast cancer.
The doctor said during a dialogic seminar about cancer awareness and confronting the risk of cancer in the Russian Federation: "We now know that weight gain leads to many diseases, including breast cancer and endometrial cancer. These issues have been studied and researched, and it is now known that overweight women are more prone to cancer."
Kaprin also mentioned during the seminar that smoking, including e-cigarette smoking, alcohol addiction, overeating, lack of exercise, and obesity, are all factors that may cause cancer.
Studies conducted by researchers from the World Health Organization have previously shown that people who are overweight from ages 18 to 40 are more vulnerable to 18 different types of diseases including cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma, and head and neck cancers.
Researchers from the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg also found that weight gain slowly increases the risk of colon and rectal cancer similarly to the way smoking increases the risk of lung cancer.
A study conducted by researchers at the University of California in Los Angeles also showed that stress and obesity work together to accelerate the development of pancreatic cancer.
Doctors and health experts generally warn about the risks of obesity to the body and to the health of the liver and digestive system, in addition to that excessive weight and accumulation of fats in the body cause serious problems in the health of the heart and arteries.
