A new study suggests that individuals who are obese or are tall and carry fat in their midsection have a higher risk of developing colorectal cancer. Here's what you need to know about the new research.
Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content.New research suggests that individuals who are obese or are tall and carry fat in their midsection have a higher risk of developing colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide and the second leading cause of death from cancer, with roughly 150,000 new cases projected for 2024, according to the American Cancer Society. “We consistently observed differences in risk for two types of body shape: more of a generally obese body shape and more of a tall and centrally obese body shape,” Freisling said. “For the time being we have mostly what we call observational evidence, whereby we compare risk for different body types in a population.”The scientists also performed a genome-wide association study to help them identify genes associated with the various body shapes.
Freisling said future studies could investigate the genes underlying the relationship between the four body shapes and gene expression.The relationship between being taller and having a higher cancer risk is “remarkably robust,” according to a 2019 study. That study examined the relationship between height and cancer risk in 23 million Korean adults. Greater height was associated with increased risk for every cancer they studied except for esophageal cancer.
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