Obesity could overtake smoking as the chief avoidable cause of cancer-related deaths, the world\u2019s largest independent funder of cancer research said Friday.<\/p>\n
With smoking rates in decline and obesity on the rise, it could surpass smoking as the biggest killer, the chief executive of Cancer Research UK said as it published new research.<\/p>\n
\u201cObesity is potentially the new smoking, if we\u2019re not careful,\u201d said Harpal Kumar.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy sense would be it\u2019ll be some time in next couple of decades that we\u2019ll see those two switch around.\u201d<\/p>\n
Following a major new study of 2015 cancer data, the charity found that 37.7 % of all cancers diagnosed in Britain each year could be prevented through lifestyle changes. Smoking remains the biggest avoidable cause of cancer, a factor in 15.1 % of preventable cases – down from 19.4 % in 2011 – followed by obesity at 6.3 % – up from 5.5 %.<\/p>\n
Next came overexposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun and sunbeds and occupational exposure at 3.8 % each, infections (3.6 %), alcohol (3.3 %) and eating too little fibre (3.3 %).<\/p>\n
The research published in the British Journal of Cancer shows that obesity causes 13 different types of cancer, including bowel, breast, womb and kidney.<\/p>\n
\u201cLeading a healthy life doesn\u2019t guarantee that a person won\u2019t get cancer, but it can stack the odds in your favour,\u201d Kumar said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese figures show that we each can take positive steps to help reduce our individual risk of the disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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