Overweight people 'more likely to get cancer', exercise can help reduce risk: Study

Lack of exercise or physical activity could le to increased risk of cancer, scientists at Cancer Research Institute, UK have said. In a recent statement, published on Institute's official website, researchers highlighted that obesity and overweight caused due to lack of exercise can heighten an individual's chance of contracting life-threatening disease. Substantiating ir claim, y ded that being overweight les to people being vulnerable to tissue dam and prompts development of a tumour.

Second biggest cause of cancer

While smoking and tobacco still remain top causes of cancer, researchers in UK stressed that obesity has become a very close second cause w. As coronavirus pandemic swept across countries, people started consuming unhealthy food and avoiding exercises, which eventually led to more people getting obese. Urging people to move ir bodies, researchers warned that obesity can soon become main cause of cancer if t controlled w.

"Being overweight doesn’t mean that you'll definitely develop cancer. But if you are overweight you are more likely to get cancer than if you are a healthy weight. Your exact risk will depend on lots of factors, including things you can't change such as your and genetics,' an excerpt from ir statement re. 

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Previously, WHO also urged people to exercise or move, stating risk of causing ar health-related pandemic. In an update of its physical activity guidelines, UN health ncy stressed that 'exercise is vital' to physical and mental health and sedentary behaviour could have serious repercussions on an individual’s health. WHO highlighted that even before pandemic, majority of youth and many ults were t indulging in eugh exercise. Asking people to “move ir bodies,” WHO stressed that physical activities could avert as many as five million deaths each year.

"WHO urges everyone to continue to stay active through Covid-19 pandemic. If we do t remain active, we run risk of creating ar pandemic of ill-health as a result of sedentary behaviour," ncy's he of health promotion Ruediger Krech said at a press meet. 

scientific community has w predicted that by year 2040 obesity is expected to top cause of cancer in woman. same pattern is being predicted for men a few years later too.

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