Breast Cancer Trigger Obesity

Obesity is a major cause of excess breast cancer in older women . Following in second place is alcohol and cigarettes. According to research at Cancer Research UK .

According to research data , one in eight women in the UK develop breast cancer in her lifetime. The majority of these tumors are sensitive to the hormone , or in other words the growth of humor was obtained " fuel " by hormones. Fat deposits in the body will increase the female sex hormones .

Research has shown that postmenopausal women with a testosterone and estrogen are at high risk two to three times more likely to develop breast cancer than women with lower hormone levels .

There are several factors that lead to levels of sex hormones in the body increase, among other things, pregnancy, oral contraceptive use , and menopuase .

In a recent report published in the British Journal of Cancer mentioned, obesity should be triggering obesity in the first place because life is something that is still controlled .

The team of researchers from the University of Oxford in the data of Cancer Research UK Health -funded research examined 6,300 postmenopausal women to look for factors that might explain why breast cancer is sensitive to hormones and others do not.

Weight loss is strongly suspected to be the cause of women more sexual hormones. Women who are overweight or obese have higher excessive levels of estrogen and progesterone.

Similarly , women who are accustomed to drinking and smoking more than 15 cigarettes per day .

" Breast cancer is influenced by family history and age, but there are things that can be done to reduce the risk . Keeping the weight stay healthy and reduce alcohol consumption are the key prevention of breast cancer , "said Dr. Julie Sharp, of cancer Research .

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