the overweight in adolescence have a real impact on health in adulthood? Yes, if we believe any news study conducted by Tel Aviv University, Israel, and published in the journal Cancer. She reveals that young people with a Body mass index (BMI) are more likely to develop a Colon Cancer and rectum later.
71% risk of rectal cancer in men
To find out, the researchers followed, for 23 years, 1,877,358 men and 707,212 women aged 16 to 19 at the start of the study. Participants underwent medical examinations, including BMI measurements. 2,967 cases of colorectal cancer, including 1977 in men (1,403 colon and 574 rectum) and 990 in women (764 colon and 226 rectum), were diagnosed. According to the study, a high BMI in adolescence could be associated with a risk of colon cancer of 53% in men and 54% in women. THE’obesity could also be linked to a 71% risk of rectal cancer in men and a doubled risk in women.
This research therefore reveals that overweight and obesity may well be associated with a risk of colorectal cancer, even if they lacked data on diet, physical activity and smoking, according to the researchers. “This is the largest study ever to include men and women, and it shows the importance of BMI at age 17 on life events,” concludes Zohar Levi, MD at Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva (Israel) and lead author of the study.
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