Lifestyle and cancer risk

Cancer remains the leading cause of death in Indonesia. According to data reported by the Ministry of health, in 2016 and then the number of cases of cancer in Indonesia crept up into 1.3 million cases from the previous one is still 1.2 million cases in the year 2015. 30% of the cases of cancer deaths ever known to be caused by unhealthy habits such as smoking, drinking alcohol, lack of consumption of fruits and vegetables, and also obese or overweight condition. The question is, why obesity might increase the risk of cancer even to fold over and over?

Based on the results of the study by a team of scientists World Health Organization (WHO) years 2016 and then, it was revealed that adults who have a body mass index (BMI) high or experiencing obesity can double the risk of esophageal cancer when they grow older. This study specifically refers to the tendency of women with a high BMI and risk of breast cancer. Not only breast cancer, women who in their youth are obese or having excess body weight also have a greater risk for developing cancer endometrium.

Melina Arnold, a scientist WHO led the study, explained that someone with obesity have an increased risk of developing cancer by as much as seven percent every 10 years.

Excess fat in the body can be very dangerous. Fats can produce a number of hormones and proteins released into the blood and spread throughout the body. Proteins and hormones that are spread through blood circulation this could be bad for certain body parts, and further increase the risk of some types of cancer. Increasing the production of reproductive hormones especially estrogen and testosterone can cause a high cancer risk rahima and breast cancer for women or prostate cancer for men.

Keep the weight to remain normal and no obesity so as to prevent the arrival of cancer can be done by having a healthy lifestyle. Eat healthy and nutritious food on a regular basis, including fibrous foods to control blood sugar levels kolestrol and in the body. Leave the habit of smoking or drinking alcohol, and rajinlah exercise to burn off excess fat or fat content of evil left in the body, so that the cancer cells grow and never interfere with your health.

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