Discovering the cause of 40% of cancer cases

Accordingly, the culprit causing 40% of cancer cases and also the cause of 32 different types of cancer is obesity, according to the Daily Mail.

Therefore, it is important for people to maintain a healthy weight by exercising and adjusting their diet.

Nearly half of all cancer cases are linked to obesity

The study, conducted by scientists from Lund University in Sweden, included 4.1 million participants, who were followed for about 40 years.

Participants were closely monitored for weight and lifestyle. Over 40 years of follow-up, there were more than 332,000 cases of cancer.

The results found that up to 40% of all cancer cases were in overweight people. This shows that being overweight is related to the development of cancer.

In particular, the researchers found a total of 32 types of cancer linked to obesity. The researchers said: Previously, an international study identified 13 types of cancer linked to obesity. Now, according to the new discovery , this number is up to 32.

Obesity may be the culprit behind more cancers than previous research has found

Important implications for public health

The findings have important public health implications, the researchers say.

The authors said they identified obesity-related cancers as accounting for 25% of all cancers, and when potential obesity-related cancers were added to the list, the proportion rose to 40%, according to the Daily Mail.

This shows that many cancers can be prevented by maintaining a healthy weight.

Professor Jason Halford, president of the European Association for the Study of Obesity, said the study was a large-scale analysis. Like all research, more research is needed, but it revealed what many studies have suspected: Obesity may be a culprit in many more types of cancer than previous research had found.

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