Being overweight or obese, not just cause such as heart disease, cholesterol, hypertension, or diabetes. Recently, research has shown that obesity can also cause prostate cancer in men over the age of 40 years.
As in lansir Articles from e-Health, to find out more information about the relationship between weight with prostate cancer, a team of researchers from the University of Hawaii to conduct research to 84 000 people from different ethnic groups: African, American, Japanese and Latin American, Hawaiian and Caucasian ethnicity. Overall, more than 5500 people in the diagnosis of prostate cancer.
Researchers found that body weight increased in the period between 40 to 60 years, can affect the increased risk prostate cancer. Risk level also vary, depending on weight, race and ethnicity of each person. Like for example, saw an increase in cancer risk in people of ethnic Hawaiian, and reduced risk of prostate cancer than those who look Japanese or Asian.
Study author Brenda Y. Hernandez, an assistant professor at Hawaii Cancer Research Center, speculated that genes and lifestyle can explain the differences in prostate cancer risk. "The relationship between certain characteristics such as body size, with cancer risk may vary among ethnic groups because the combined effect of both genes and lifestyle," he said. "The study underlines the importance of investigating the causes of cancer in various populations," he continued.
Prostate cancer is now affecting one of six men in the world. Weight loss is the biggest risk factor for disease. Only 25% under the age of 40 years will prostate cancer, but more than 65% of them, men diagnosed with prostate cancer. Therefore, when a man entered the age above 40 years, body weight regulation is must be considered. Healthy diet and exercise is one of preventing prostate cancer in adult men.
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