There0s no doubt about the fact that the British Nation is getting bigger. In fact it is estimated that over 60% of the UK adult population and nearly 30% of our children are overweight.
The epidemic isn0t just cosmetic but is rapidly becoming Britain’s number one health threat, outstripping smoking-related diseases, cancers and drugs. Obesity has trebled here in the last 20 years; with 1000 people are becoming obese every day.
The health implications of obesity for men are far-reaching. Being overweight can put pressure on your heart, led to diabetes and cause erectile dysfunction, along with many other maladies.
A new study claims that obese men diagnosed with prostate cancer have a much higher chance of dying from the disease than their slimmer counterparts.
Writing in the Cancer journal, researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in the US claim that men who are clinically obese at the time of diagnosis are two and a half times more likely to die from the disease than men of normal weight.
Lead author, Dr Alan Kristal, commented: “We found the prostate cancer specific mortality risk associated with obesity was similar regardless of treatment, disease grade or disease stage at the time of diagnosis.”
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