| Have you heard the news about a relationship | | | | According to the study findings, up to a level, |
| between obesity and cancer death rate? You | | | | prostate gland size grows as body mass index |
| should know that researchers evaluate that as | | | | (BMI) increases. BMI is a body fatness evaluation |
| many as 90,000 cancer deaths in the United | | | | formula based on weight adjusted for height. Due |
| States each year may be linked to obesity and, | | | | of larger prostate glands existed among obese |
| therefore, could be prevented. | | | | men, doctors may be 20 percent to 25 percent |
| Obesity and overweight may make it harder to | | | | less able to diagnose prostate cancer. |
| diagnose prostate cancer, resulting to delayed | | | | Most people don't think that obese or overweight |
| diagnosis and leading some men at an even higher | | | | condition is a risk factor for cancer. Usually, the |
| risk for dying of this disease. This is the conclusion | | | | prostate cancer diagnose is a bit like finding a |
| of a recent multi-university study. As a | | | | needle in a haystack Going back to obese |
| consequence, the study authors are | | | | condition, the bigger the haystack is, the harder it |
| recommending that physicians be especially | | | | is to find the needle. Therefore in many obese |
| thorough when investigating fat men for prostate | | | | patients physicians may not identify prostate |
| cancer. | | | | cancers at the right time. |