The problems associated with obesity

Dr. Terry Rondberg

Special to the Village News

Nearly 30 percent of the world’s population is overweight or obese, and this has a substantial impact on cancer rates according to leading experts. Recently scientists reported obesity is responsible for an estimated 500,000 cancer deaths worldwide each year.

Nearly two-thirds of obesity-associated cancers – include colon, rectum, womb and blood cancers – occur in the U.S. and Europe.

Women are at greater risk. Compared to men, women are two times more likely to develop obesity-associated cancer, the most common forms of which are postmenopausal b...