`The incidence of obesity-related cancer among young people is 25 times higher than that of grandparents.'
Aug 29, 2024
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A research team at Tongren Hospital in Beijing recently published a paper titled 『Increasing the incidence of obesity-related cancer in young adults in China: Population-based analysis (2007-2021)』 in the journal 『Cell Press』 and the journal 『Med』.
Obesity-related cancers were defined in 12 categories: colon cancer, liver cancer, gallbladder cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, uterine cancer, ovarian cancer, kidney cancer, thyroid cancer, multiple bone marrow cancer, gastric heart cancer, and esophageal adenocarcinoma.
According to the study, the incidence of obesity-related cancers recorded in the Beijing area increased by 3.6% annually between 2007 and 2021, while the incidence of obesity-related cancers such as lung and bladder cancers remained stable.
In addition, the incidence of obesity-related cancers is higher in women than in men, and the rate of increase has accelerated further.
Women's obesity-related cancers increased at an annual rate of 6.7%, more than three times higher than men's.
In addition, the incidence of obesity-related cancer increased more rapidly in young adults than in the elderly.
The incidence of obesity-related cancers among 60 to 65 years of age is increasing by less than 1.6% per year, while the incidence of obesity-related cancers is increasing by more than 15% per year in people 25 to 29 years of age. In particular, those born in 1997-2001 were 25 times more likely to be diagnosed with obesity-related cancer than the generation of grandparents born in 1962-1966.
Professor Yang Jin-kui, corresponding author of the paper and an endocrinologist at Beijing Capital Medical University, explained "This trend is consistent with the increasing rates of overweight and obesity among young people in China."
The researchers pointed out that obesity among young people is increasing due to increased meat and alcohol consumption and westernized lifestyles.
Professor Yang warned that `a more effective and aggressive approach, including drugs and calorie labeling, is urgently needed to reduce the obesity problem in China' and"if the obesity epidemic is not completely changed, the incidence of obesity-related cancers will inevitably continue to increase.'
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