There is strong evidence that being overweight or obese is a cause of 12 different types of cancer:. Our recommendation is to be a healthy weight — find out how.
Your weight is a balancing act between the energy you put in calories from foods and drinks and the energy you use for normal bodily functions and what you burn during physical activity.
The average adult man needs around 2, calories a day and an average woman needs about 2, calories. If you eat or drink more than your body needs, you will put on weight. The reverse is also true: if you regularly use more energy than you take in, you will lose weight. For example, we know that fat cells release hormones such as oestrogen. Section Navigation. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Syndicate. Obesity and Cancer. Minus Related Pages. Thirteen cancers are associated with overweight and obesity.
Close Thirteen cancers are associated with overweight and obesity. More Information. Stay Informed twitter govd. Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving the CDC website. Linking to a non-federal website does not constitute an endorsement by CDC or any of its employees of the sponsors or the information and products presented on the website. Obesity is a leading cancer risk factor. A higher proportion of Americans are overweight or have obesity than several decades ago. People who weigh more than recommended may increase their risk of some cancers.
There are 13 types of cancer associated with overweight and obesity. About 2 in 3 of all cancers occur in adults ages 50 to New cancer cases are higher among blacks and whites compared to other race and ethnic groups. What Can Be Done. The Federal government is Funding programs in states and communities to promote healthy eating and physical activity. Studying what works in communities to make it easier for people to be more physically active and have a healthier diet.
Measuring trends in cancer, obesity, and related risk factors. Developing and promoting guidelines on the dietary patterns and amounts of physical activity Americans need for good health. Excess weight only causes cancer in adults. But a healthy body weight is important for children too. It's important to help children be a healthy weight, so they are more likely to be a healthy weight as adults. Read about our action on childhood obesity. There are consistent results from decades of research involving millions of people.
We see more cancer cases in groups that are overweight compared to groups that are a healthy weight. The risk increases the more weight is gained, so we can be more sure the link is real this is called a dose-response relationship. And there are good explanations for how extra fat cells in the body could cause cancer. We can confidently rule out other explanations such as chance or other risk factors.
A person's risk of cancer depends on lots of different factors. This includes things you can't change like your age and genes. Factors like smoking, obesity and UV rays also affect our cancer risk. This doesn't mean that everybody who is overweight, smokes or spends too much time in the sun will develop cancer.
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