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Researchers say that 20% of women gain at least 10% in body weight after they are treated for breast cancer. They say there many reasons for the weight gain.
Thyroid cancer, grief and surgery led Joan Henning to gain 120 pounds. She lost weight by walking, indoor cycling and meal prepping. Cancer and grief triggered 1 woman’s weight gain. 3 simple ...
Tamara Loving's mother died of cancer and she gained weight. After losing 122 pounds, she was so healthy that she did well with her own breast cancer journey. Woman says 100-pound weight loss ...
The level of 8-oxodG was measured in 58 overweight and obese adult patients as well as in 20 normal weight individuals. The level of 8-oxodG correlated positively with body mass, BMI, hip circumference and triglyceride concentration. [20] In a study by Donmez-Altuntas et al., [21] 83 obese, 21 over-weight and 21 normal-weight subjects were ...
In developed countries, about 99% of breast cancer cases are diagnosed in female patients; in a few African countries, which represent the highest incidence of male breast cancer, males account for 5–15% of cases. [4] The rate of male breast cancer appears to be rising somewhat. [9] Male breast cancer patients tend to be older than female ...
Even if short sleep does increase weight gain, it is unclear if this is to a meaningful degree or if increasing sleep would be of benefit. [170] Some have proposed that chemical compounds called "obesogens" may play a role in obesity. Certain aspects of personality are associated with being obese. [171]
A new report shows that cancer cases are shifting from men to women in the United States and from older to younger adults. For the first time, cancer rates in women ages 50 to 64 have surpassed ...
The most recent combined Eurostat statistics, for 2009, show that, among the 19 EU Member States for which data are available, the proportion of obese people in the adult population varied in 2008/9 between 8.0% (Romania) and 23.9% (UK) for women and between 7.6% (Romania) and 24.7% (Malta) for men. Overall the UK had the highest proportions ...