Landmark report says body fat causes cancer
My husband told me about this ground-breaking news flash today at lunch, and I suspect that the little blurb he first heard on talk radio is going to soon infiltrate the media. It's that big. Here's what he heard: Excess body fat almost certainly causes cancer.
The evidence is stronger now than ever before and is detailed in a landmark report issued today by the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) and the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF). Evidence linking cancer with consumption of alcohol, red meat, and processed meat is also pretty darn convincing.
The report, available here, has been five years in the making and consists of data pulled together from nine independent teams of scientists from around the world and 21 international experts who analyzed more than 7,000 large-scale studies.
If you were unsure about the connection between cancer and diet before today, consider this: Body fat is convincingly linked to six different cancers -- colon, kidney, pancreas, adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and endometrium, and post-menopausal breast cancer. And this is just one striking point made in the 517-page report. There are 10 other issues outlined, which have led to these ten recommendations:
The evidence is stronger now than ever before and is detailed in a landmark report issued today by the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) and the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF). Evidence linking cancer with consumption of alcohol, red meat, and processed meat is also pretty darn convincing.
The report, available here, has been five years in the making and consists of data pulled together from nine independent teams of scientists from around the world and 21 international experts who analyzed more than 7,000 large-scale studies.
If you were unsure about the connection between cancer and diet before today, consider this: Body fat is convincingly linked to six different cancers -- colon, kidney, pancreas, adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and endometrium, and post-menopausal breast cancer. And this is just one striking point made in the 517-page report. There are 10 other issues outlined, which have led to these ten recommendations:
Recommendations for Cancer Prevention
1. Be as lean as possible within the normal range of body weight.
2. Be physically active as part of everyday life.
3. Limit consumption of energy-dense foods. Avoid sugary drinks.
4. Eat mostly foods of plant origin.
5. Limit intake of red meat and avoid processed meat.
6. Limit alcoholic drinks.
7. Limit consumption of salt. Avoid moldy cereals (grains) or pulses (legumes).
8. Aim to meet nutritional needs through diet alone.
Special Population Recommendations
9. Mothers to breastfeed; children to be breastfed.
10. Cancer survivors to follow the recommendations for cancer prevention.
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11-01-2007 @ 6:40AM
JoLynn Braley said...
Hi Jacki, thanks for sharing this, I'm not at all surprised. I've researched how certain foods and ingredients are linked to cancer, and they also just happen to contribute to obesity...sugar, to name one.
Thanks!
JoLynn
http://www.thefitshack.com
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11-01-2007 @ 6:40AM
james said...
you might want to read the report yourself because some of the graphs just don't make sense. For example, chapter 8, "Determinants of weight gain, overweight and obesity", page 329, they have a graph titled "Death from other causes (838 cases)". If you're 30-33 BMI, you're nearly 2x more likely to die, but 33-35, you're less likely to die than the 25 BMI people.
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11-01-2007 @ 2:53PM
Schera said...
I can't believe they even posted this article on this blog since this seems to be the place where any critique of weight issues is grounds for being tarred and feathered by the 66 percenters
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11-08-2007 @ 6:41AM
millie said...
No way is this a scientifically valid statement. I have lost several friends to some of the cancers listed, and waited out the treatment of many others. Not one fatty in the bunch. More likely: overweight persons are cheated by their doctors with the assumption that symptoms are related to eating too much and so do not order tests or do exams in the same way as they would for a thin patient. Or: shame and fear of scorn from above doctors keeps the overweight at home, blaming themselves for the aches and pains until it's too late.
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