Obesity causes a number of health problems. But now, researchers say, it's the biggest risk for a certain kind of cancer in women.
Researchers led by doctors at Stony Brook University in New York say obesity is the single biggest risk factor for colon cancer in women. They found that women with precancerous polyps in the colon were more likely to be obese than women without polyps. And obesity was better at predicting who would have these growths than smoking or having a family history of colon cancer.
Colorectal cancer is the third-leading cause of cancer death in the United States. It will affect 153,000 Americans this year.
This study was presented to a meeting in Philadelphia of the American College of Gastroenterology.
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