There is a new medical study out that has some serious news for “larger” Americans. The study from the American Cancer Society found that having a large waistline, a high body mass index (BMI) and type 2 diabetes were "associated robustly" with the risk of liver cancer.

WebMD.com says liver cancer rates have roughly tripled in the United States since the mid-1970s.

The study crunched data on 1.57 million adults from 14 U.S. studies to look for an association between obesity, type 2 diabetes and liver cancer. None of the participants had cancer when the study began. Over time, 6.5 percent of the participants were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, which is an obesity-related disease. More than 2,100 developed liver cancer.

Further number crunching showed that people with type 2 diabetes were 2.6 times more likely to be diagnosed with liver cancer. Also, the patients' body mass index increased, so did their risk for the cancer --an eight percent increase in risk for liver cancer for every extra two inches added to the waistline.

The message is clear, eat a healthier diet, exercise, lose weight and help control your risk for liver cancer.

 

 

 

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