- New research shows that having overweight or obesity in early and middle adulthood is linked to an increased risk for gastrointestinal cancer.
- Researchers also note that frequent aspirin use did not impact the increased risk in study participants.
- For healthy weight management, experts recommend portion control, cutting out processed foods, and eating fiber-rich foods to promote gut health.
Growing evidence shows that maintaining a healthy weight is essential to overall health and can help prevent the development of chronic conditions.
Among the most common chronic conditions is obesity. In fact, approximately
In addition, colon cancer is
A new study, published in
Researchers discovered that having overweight or obesity during early and middle adulthood is linked to a greater risk for gastrointestinal cancer.
They also found that frequent aspirin use did not affect this increased risk in people who had overweight or obesity.
Holli Loomans-Kropp, PhD, principal investigator of the study and researcher at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, told Medical News Today:
“The most interesting result of this study is the limited impact of aspirin in reducing colorectal or other gastrointestinal cancer risk among those individuals who were overweight or obese. To me, this highlights the need to better understand how cancer prevention agents work mechanistically, as well as identifying individuals who may not benefit from those agents.”
For the study, researchers examined data from the
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