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[Charity]

I just read this article in the hospital newsletter and I would like to share some key points

Being overweight after menopause raises your breast cancer risk and also increases the chances that breast cancer will be fatal.

Being too heavy also raises the risk of cancers of the kidney, uterus, gallbladder, and colon.
overweight and obesity may account for 20% of all cancer deaths in american women and 14% in men

Being overweight can also increse chances of heart disease, stroke, high bloodpressure, diabetes, osteoarthritis, and liver disease.

More than 80% of people with type 2 diabetes are overweight.

Loosing as little as 5 to 10 percent of your body weight can reduce your risk of many of the complications.

This wasn't in the article but it was mentioned in the seminar that reducing your body weight by 10% decrease your risk by 50%.

[lifelovinaries]

Those stats are scary!!! Add in other vices such as smoking and alcohol and...

Really makes you think about our mortality. Yet another dose of reality here on the forum!

[Mike]

There is a little mini chart in the BMI chart that shows how losing specific amounts of weight reduces your chances of disease by the various amounts. Its very eye opening.

It amazes me that I allowed myself to go on in life knowing all of these things... then again, there are all of those Dr's and nurses who take there breaks to go smoke a cigarette.

[bikipatra]

It amazes me that I allowed myself to go on in life knowing all of these things... then again, there are all of those Dr's and nurses who take there breaks to go smoke a cigarette.

I'm not a nurse, I just play one on video, but I am puffing on one right now. I know I need to quit. There used to be a lady in AA who said it is no more acceptable to die of lung cancer than alcoholism. She stayed sober but still couldn't leave the cigarettes alone. She quit more times than I can remember.

[Out*With*The*Old]

VERY interesting stuff, thanks for sharing! KNOWLEDGE is POWER!

I'll be glad when I get the weight off. I, thankfully, don't have any other bad habits. I started smoking - if you can believe it - when I had the brain tumor and told I would die. I thought 'why not'? I smoked off and on until the moment I found out I was pregnant with my daughter (she was a surprise). Thankfully it wasn't hard at all to walk away from them.

It's sooo funny now because I can't STAND smoke - the smell of it makes my physically ill and brings on a migraine. Ironic how things change so much in our lives.

Thanks again for sharing!!