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For Menopausal Women, Obesity Can Increase Cancer Risk

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Thanksgiving dinner has turkey and cranberry sauce along with pumpkin pie. Christmas rings in the end of the year with egg nog and ginger bread cookies. During the holiday season, it can be difficult to resist these delicious treats. However, a new study shows that it may be better to avoid these tempting dishes and strike out on a more nutritious diet, particularly if you happen to be a middle-aged woman.

Researchers from the University of Colorado Cancer Center recently revealed that maintaining a healthy lifestyle during menopause could help reduce the risk of breast cancer later on.

To begin, females who are obese and postmenopausal have a greater risk of later developing breast cancer. They also found that the cancer that these women get can be more aggressive than for their healthier counterparts. The findings of the study were recently featured in the journal Cancer Research.

The team of investigators was interested in exploring ways of limiting the risk for breast cancer.

“By using nutrient tracers for fat and sugar, we tracked where the body stored excess calories. In lean models, excess fat and glucose were taken up by the liver, mammary and skeletal tissues. In obese models, excess fat and glucose were taken up by tumors, fueling their growth,” explained the study’s lead author Erin Giles, a postdoctoral researcher at the Cancer Center, in a prepared statement. Read full article.

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Fat Teenage Boys Could be Impotent and Infertile Later in Life

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Obese teenage boys have up to 50 per cent less testosterone than their leaner pals – increasing their risk of infertility in later life, a study has found.

Researchers said the results were a ‘grim message’ for overweight young adults.

The study by scientists at the University at Buffalo in the U.S shows for the first time that obese young men aged 14 to 20 have around half the total testosterone than normal weight youths. Read full article.

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Excess Weight Can Lead to Weighty Sexual Issues

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Obesity can negatively affect a person’s sexual enjoyment, and sadly, it can also make people less likely to practice safer sex. Some research even shows that obesity can prevent open communication between doctors and patients when it comes to issues of sexual concern.

A recent study from Duke University Medical Center found that obese people are likely to suffer from a number of sexual difficulties, including lack of sexual enjoyment, performance difficulty, and sexual avoidance. The research found that obese individuals are likely to suffer from these symptoms up to 25 times more than peers of a healthy weight. Read full article.