Obesity results in 100,500 cancer cases a year in US
Posted on 06. Nov, 2009 by Turbo in Health
An estimate says that obesity causes cancer in 100,500 people every year in US.
According to the American Institute for Cancer Research Analysis only 50% of the population realize the cancer carrying risk in obese people.
Among the various cancers linked to obesity, breast cancer forms the foremost serious with over 33,000 cases every year caused by obesity, then comes endometrial cancer having 20,700 cases every year, then with 13,900 cases kidney cancer, with 13,200 cases a year colon cancer, followed by pancreas, esophagus and gallbladder.
While obesity also increases risk of diabetes and heart related diseases they all add to a whopping $147 billion to US’ healthcare bill. Sadly, about a third of adult population in US fall under obese category.
