Posting date: 2017-09-18 | ||
Apple-shaped women face a greater risk of cancer: Carrying excess fat on the stomach means they are more than 50 percent more likely to develop lung and bowel tumours |
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Study author Line Mærsk Staunstrup from Nordic Bioscience and ProScion in Denmark, said: 'In women, it is known that menopause initiates a shift of body fat toward higher level of abdominal adiposity, which may mediate obesity-related cancer risk. 'Avoiding central obesity may confer the best protection.' | The researchers analysed 5,855 postmenopausal women with a mean age of 71. The study was presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology congress in Madrid, but does not appear to be peer-reviewed. | |
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