>> A new study shows obesity is now causing more cases of for common cancers than smoking.
Researchers in the UK found
bowel kidney ovarian and
liver cancers are more likely
to be the result of obesity and
tobacco smoking is still the
leading most preventable cause
of disease and death here in
the
U S obesity and unhealthy
weight is the second most
common risk factor.
But with the decrease in
popularity of smoking
cigarettes obesity seems to be
on the verge of becoming the
top factor. Joining me to
discuss this new finding doctor
Scott Ackerman you know it’s
it’s it’s unreal because you
think of smoking exposure to
the sun, genetic factors as
being the cancer causing but
now obesity is becoming a
bigger risk. It we’ve done a
very good job at educating the
public about the major risk
factor for cancer which is
story we have been.
>> Environmental exposure.
Tobacco use sun exposure to
certain things and we’ve made
changes in society regarding
that we’ve had we’ve diminished
environmental exposure.
Factories and plants of
pollution is not quite what it
was. Carson per produces a
pollution. The that years ago
and tobacco use to use his way
down because of all sorts
of initiatives. To increase
taxes on tobacco to to educate
poll that tobacco use and sun
exposure would have it all
the time about that using SPF
and those sort of things so
with that.
And with the rise in obesity
rates you nearly 70% of
Americans are either overweight
or obese to see an increase
in that we’re seeing more
cancers. That are ABC related
now then tobacco related and
specifically the some cancers
that always had tobacco
component to it not a strong
one so lung cancer, France is
very strong but things like
pancreatic cancer has a tobacco
component is as a risk factor.
But now because obesity is such
a more more prevalent. Obese is
a picture which would think
cancers and tobacco use and
when you talk about
initiatives, maybe that’s why
we harp on the fact that we’ve
got to rein in the obesity
among our kids
but absolutely, and that’s the
education that we need to do.
Now is because we’ve done a
good job with tobacco in those
things is education and obesity
and the relation with obesity
with cancer that which I like
to talk about cancer, not just
in cancer incidents,
but also cancer survivorship
and quality
of life is also affected by
obesity I you know it you go
beyond cat got high blood
pressure diabetes and so many
other factors that affect your
lifestyle. It’s absolutely so
we see a real increase in
incidence of diabetes directly
relate to ABC increase into
cyber tension both diabetes and
hypertension. Also lead
to increase to also it lead to
increased cancer incidents.
They beat your risk of certain
kinds of cancers. So just
works compounds. You know you
see all these headlines in the
news, this is bad for you don’t
eat this don’t drink. This
don’t do that you know it’s the
bottom line seems
to be that news will change
when there’s new research that
comes out in 2 or 3 years.
Anything in moderation should
be OK right
right so I don’t really know
what patients ask me all the
time about what they can do to
to get a better
body weight. It wasn’t as a
cancer they had this epiphany
they want to get River healthy
and I don’t have there’s no one
sure thing for anybody. The is
the one thing that works well
for it for for everybody
and we have to find their own
niche so far as what is going
to work for them improve their
their weight so we have within
the Office of oncology
certified social a college e
survive dietician each of the
patients because we’ll make
sure there are cancer patients
have a have a good prognosis
and have a quality of life.
But what anybody could win.
Anybody can find the worse for
them. It’s good
to do. And here’s the bottom
line to go. I’m so busy.
I don’t have time to do this I
don’t have time to do that
nobody’s more important
yourself. Right where his
especially if your pet you want
to live a long life that’s
where the real time is on some
good advice of doctor Scott
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