Obesity in Adolescence Increases Pancreatic Cancer Risk 4-Fold

Pancreatic cancer, ranks 6th among causes of cancer-related death worldwide. Obesity and pancreatic cancer have a well-established relationship, but how obesity in adolescence affects pancreatic cancer risk had not previously been demonstrated. In November 2018, Cancer published a study finding that adolescent obesity increases pancreatic cancer risk 4-fold. Overweight adolescents who were not obese were also reported to have a certain increase in pancreatic cancer risk.

The research was conducted at Tel Aviv University in Israel. Among those aged 16-18, 1.087.358 Jewish men and 707.212 Jewish women underwent physical examinations between 1967-2002. After 23.3 years of follow-up, 551 (423 men and 128 women) were newly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

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According to the analysis results;

• Compared with normal weight, obese adolescent boys had a 3.67-fold higher risk of pancreatic cancer. In women, a 4.07-fold higher cancer risk was reported.
• High-normal body mass index in men was associated with a 49 percent increase in pancreatic cancer risk; having a high body mass index without obesity increased pancreatic cancer risk by 97 percent.

So What Does This Study Mean for Us?

• Obesity and excess weight during adolescence were found to substantially increase pancreatic cancer risk. This is one of the studies confirming obesity as an important cause of cancer.

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• It must be emphasized that obesity is increasing particularly among adolescents. Implementing programs to guide adolescents toward healthy living is very important.
• Obesity-related systemic inflammationhas been reported in earlier studies as a potential trigger of cancer. New scientific evidence concerning cancer and obesity emerges every day.
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In the video below, obesity is shown to have increased over the past 40 years by more than 2-fold. Obesity and excess weight appear likely to become the leading cause of death worldwide in the future.