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November 14, 2014

Addressing the Obesity/Cancer Link: What Will We Learn From China?

It has long been known that excess weight is a major health risk, but until recently cancer hadn’t been a major part of the obesity/health discussion. A recent British study of 5.24 million people, however, looked at the occurrence of 22 different cancers and their association with body mass index (BMI), a measure of weight/body size and type.

The study concluded that when adjusted for factors like age and smoking, a higher BMI was associated with a large increase in risk of cancers of the uterus, kidney, gallbladder, and liver, and smaller risk increases for at least six other types of cancer.

As this editorial notes, in addressing the obesity epidemic perhaps we may learn from countries such as China, whose current public health program has tackled large scale problems and now faces its own obesity epidemic. Between 1950 and 2011 the Chinese life expectancy increased from 40 to 76 years (compared to an expected lifespan of 79 years in 2011 in the United States). Such an increase in lifespan also means that the leading causes of death are no longer communicable diseases, but instead relate to chronic health problems, many of which are preventable and include obesity as a major factor.
The Lancet, which published the British study, notes that Li Bin, China’s new minister of health and family planning, “has the political will, together with the support of international colleagues, to meet the urgent challenge” of these non-communicable diseases and the problems they pose for China’s future.

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