Belly fat may leads to cancer

Cancer is the most dangerous disease in the world, many of the people have been died due to the different type of Cancers. The lung cancers diseases have been increasing rapidly, Belly fat can not only affect the way you look, but it also comes with its own set of health risks including type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and now it may even cause cancer.

According to a new study, published in the British Journal of Cancer, people with increased belly fat may be at a higher risk of developing cancer, especially breast and bowel cancer in older adults.

It is clear that being overweight or obese can be the single biggest cause of cancer after smoking that can be prevented.

For the study, the team analyzed data from around 43,000 participants who were followed for an average of 12 years and more than 1,600 people were diagnosed with obesity-related cancer.

The study shows that three different measurements of body size which are - BMI (Body Mass Index), Waist Circumference, and Waist to Hip Ratio all predict similar obesity-related cancer risk in older adults.

Further, the findings revealed that for every 11 cm increase in the waistline, the risk of obesity-related cancers such as breast, bowel, womb, oesophageal (food pipe), pancreatic, kidney, liver, upper stomach (gastric cardia), gallbladder and ovarian cancer escalates by almost 13 per cent.

Moreover, an addition of about eight centimetres to the hips increases the risk of developing bowel cancer by 15 per cent.