Lose weight to avoid this cancer, study
The results come from information from nearly 5,000 adult participants.
It's not a secret that losing weight can help improve health problems likelower your risk of a heart attack, improvementmetabolism, loweringarterial pressure, and much more. But scientists say to become healthier, eating nutritious foods and doing exercise can also help reduce the risk of certain types of cancer.
In fact, losing weight can help reduce the risk of cancer related to obesity, according toA recently published study in the newspaperObesity. These cancers may include kidneys, colon, pancreas, gallbladder, liver, breast, thyroid, etc., according to theNational Cancer Institute.
The study examined 4,859 adults aged 45 to 76 who had never had cancer previously. He followed their weight loss over 11 years. One of the two weight loss plans has been randomly attributed to each participant in the study.
A plan, called intensive lifestyle intervention (or ILI), reduced the number of daily calories for the participant. He also added meal spare products and increased their exercise at about 175 minutes a week. The other plan is the support and education of diabetes (EHR). It included three support group meetings on diet, exercise and encouragement for three years. The meetings were then once a year after that.
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After monitoring the eleven years, researchers found that about 14% of participants - exactly 684 - were diagnosed with cancer. Fewer people who followed the ILI weight loss plan were diagnosed with those who followed the DSE plan. Those who followed the ILI plan saw their chances of being diagnosed with a fall in cancer related to obesity of 16%.
"Health care providers should be encouraged to provide such advice or dismiss patients with obesity to intervention programs that help people manage their weight. In addition, establishing an environment easier access to activities. Healthy and physical food is the foundation of cancer obesity and prevention, "said Hsin-Chieh" Jessica "Yeh, PhD, Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins University and the corresponding author of the study.
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