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It is important to understand why and how breast cancer and obesity are related. Read on to know it all.

Written by Editorial Team | Updated : October 15, 2021 8:29 AM IST

Managing weight is indeed becoming a challenge for most people in the modern world. Hectic lifestyles are increasingly forcing people to eat out or choose junk food. A sedentary lifestyle has also become the norm for many people. All this leads to weight gain and hence, it is no wonder that obesity is rampant in the world today. This is dangerous because being overweight puts us at a high risk for a variety of diseases including cancer. There is a lot of evidence now that proves that being overweight or obese after menopause increases the risk of breast cancer .

Post menopausal obese women have a 20-40 per cent increase in the risk of developing the disease. This is, however, not true for younger women. Numerous studies have found a link between a higher BMI (body mass index ) and breast cancer incidence. In fact , obesity and weight gain also increase the risk of death from the disease by affecting breast cancer growth and metastasis or spread. So, it is important to understand why and how breast cancer and obesity are related.

Obesity can trigger some changes in your body that can increase your risk of breast cancer.

This association between obesity and breast cancer is not simple. All studies point to the fact that the risk is more in women who have put on more weight in adulthood and not those who have been overweight since childhood. Also the risk is more in those who have extra fat in the waist area and not in the thighs or hips.

Also, another very important observation is that being overweight increases the incidence of breast cancer recurrence as well in those who have been previously treated for the disease.

The American Cancer Society says that exercise is a "breast healthy habit'. Around 150 minutes of brisk walking each week lowers one's risk of getting breast cancer. Ramping up your exercise routine is of utmost importance. Also eating healthy and eating mindfully helps in controlling weight and reducing the risk in turn. Obesity is an important but completely preventable cause of not only breast cancer, but a variety of other diseases.

So, this breast cancer awareness month, let each one of us take the campaign of reducing the disease in our own hands . Exercise regularly and eat right to maintain a perfect BMI . Stay fit, stay breast cancer free.

(This article is authored by Dr Neha Khandelwal, Senior Gynaecologist, Madhukar Rainbow Hospital.)

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