Obesity will lead 56,000 Britons to develop cancer
The number of people developing cancer because they are overweight or obese will increase by 38,500 a year by 2035, health charities in UK have warned as the called on the government to do more to clamp down on junk food.
An extra 7.6 million cases of disease linked to being overweight or obese will be diagnosed in the UK over the next 20 years – including 670,000 new cases of cancer – according to new figures from the Obesity Health Alliance.
Currently around 18,000 Britons a year develop cancer because they are overweight but the figure is set to treble within two decades. It means that by 2035, more than 56,000 people a year will develop cancer simply because of they are too fat.
The Obesity Health Alliance which includes Cancer Research UK, the British Medical Association, six Royal Colleges and the Royal Society of Public Health, is calling for junk food advertising to be banned on television between 6am and 9pm and new food industry limits on sugar and fat.
To prevent cancer it is good to recognize this and make sure you do not add those kilos !
