[The Epoch Times, Hydref 5, 2022](The Epoch Times reporter Wang Jiayi reported in Tokyo, Japan) Excessive fat intake can cause obesity and increase the risk of cancer. Studies have shown that obesity is closely linked to 21 diseases.
In March this year, a study published in the international journal “The Lancet” by a research team from the University of London in the United Kingdom showed that there is a close link between obesity and 21 diseases, including cardiometabolic diseases, diseases of the digestive system, respiratory diseases , neurological diseases, and musculoskeletal diseases, systemic diseases, etc.
The research team followed more than 110,000 people for 12 years and divided them into four groups: obese, overweight, normal weight and underweight. After adjusting for confounding factors such as educational background, smoking, drinking and activity physical, the analysis found, The risk of death in the obese population is 30% higher than the normal weight group; after excluding the types of diseases strongly correlated with obesity and a small number of samples, the risk of developing an obesity-related disease in the obese population is 2.83 times that of the normal weight population The risk of both obesity-related diseases was 5.17 times greater than the normal weight population, and the risk of complex comorbidity was increased to 12.39 times greater than the normal weight population.
The 21 diseases closely associated with obesity include: adult-onset diabetes, high blood pressure, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, heart failure, arrhythmia, cerebral infarction, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, pancreatitis, liver, bacterial infection, gout, inflammation of the bones and joints, back pain, asthma, kidney cancer, skin infections and eczema, anaemia, kidney failure, sleep disturbances.
In addition, a clinical study at Peking University Cancer Hospital showed that overweight gastric cancer patients also had more complications during surgery than the general population. The hospital-based minimally invasive surgery of gastrointestinal tumors divided 164 gastric cancer patients who underwent laparoscopically assisted distal gastric cancer surgery into two groups. Among them, 40 patients had a body mass index (BMI) of more than 25 kg/㎡, which called it the obese group; 124 patients had a BMI lower than 25kg/㎡, which is called the non-obese group. Surgery, postoperative recovery and complications of the two groups were compared.
The results showed that the operative time and blood loss in the obese group were significantly higher than those in the non-obese group, and the incidence of postoperative complications in the obese and non-obese groups was 20% and 12%, respectively increased. postoperative complication rates.
In an interview with The Epoch Times, Wen Jie, a medical doctor from the University of Tokyo in Japan, said that in general, gastric cancer has no symptoms in the early stages, and even if symptoms appear, it can be considered gastrointestinal . and when cancer cells start to grow and spread, they are lost The best time to treat gastric cancer is often at an advanced stage of diagnosis.
He also said that when the body has indigestion, abdominal pain, nausea, heartburn, loss of appetite, general fatigue or diarrhoea, etc., and some people have symptoms such as weight loss, attention should be paid to coming from until the case.
He emphasized that obesity intervention is an important and practical approach. She recommends that obese patients do strength training twice a week. Muscle is the key to improving the basic metabolic rate, and it can also prevent sugar from entering the blood vessels and causing high blood sugar; in addition, a balanced diet, especially reducing sugar intake, a balanced intake of protein, vegetables, and fewer carbohydrates Compound food; In addition, ensure 6 to 8 hours of sleep to allow the body to fully rest; if there is pressure, release it in time, because the pressure will increase, blood pressure will also rise.
Responsible editor: Lu Yong
