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<\/a>Like colon cancer.\u00a0 We know already that a history of colitis or Crohn\u2019s disease, a family history of colon cancer, and smoking are all risk factors for this particular type of cancer.\u00a0 A new study published in the November issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology has identified another risk factor — one that you can DO something about.\u00a0 It has to do with your waistline and exercise.<\/p>\nThe study took place in the Netherlands and included 120,000 adult subjects studied for 16 years.\u00a0 About 2% of that number developed colon cancer.<\/p>\n
So what were the weight-related risk factors?\u00a0 For men, the danger was 25% higher in obese or overweight men than their thinner peers.\u00a0 Their waist size seemed to matter most. Men who carried their weight in their belly had a 63% greater risk factor for contracting the disease.<\/p>\n
Interestingly, the numbers were a little different for the women in the study.\u00a0 For them, the larger waistlines (size 16 and above) were linked to cancer only when the women got little exercise — less than a half-hour per day.\u00a0 They were 83% more likely to get colon cancer than women who exercised 90 minutes a day and had a smaller waistline.<\/p>\n
Scientists couldn\u2019t figure out why the numbers were different for women.\u00a0 One thing seems sure, though.\u00a0 Eating a healthy, low-glycemic diet and exercising daily will help cut down the risk for contracting colon cancer.<\/p>\n
Just another reason for making smart choices.<\/p>\n
Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/p>\n
Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n
Source:\u00a0http:\/\/aje.oxfordjournals.org\/content\/174\/10\/1127<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>Like colon cancer.\u00a0 We know already that a history of colitis or Crohn\u2019s disease, a family history of colon cancer, and smoking are all risk factors for this particular type of cancer.\u00a0 A new study published in the November issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology has identified another risk factor — one that you can DO something about.\u00a0 It has to do with your waistline and exercise.<\/p>\n