Being overweight as a child, teenager and young adult has turned out to increase your chances of developing colon cancer as an adult, new research suggests.
If you were born at a higher weight, you also have a better chance of developing the disease, the study showed.
This research plays an important role in better understanding the early origin of cancer, because it is a complex disease that develops for several decades.
For young people between 10 and 19 years old, an increased BMI was linked to a risk of five to 18 percent to develop the disease, while in children from two to nine the BMI was associated with a higher risk of colon cancer.
In the meantime, every increase of 1 kg in birth weight was linked to a risk of nine percent colon cancer, according to the study.
Dr. Dieuwertje Kok, associate professor of food and cancer at Wageningen University & Research, said: ‘Although the relationship between body size of adults and the risk of colorectal cancer is well documented, the potential influence of body size during early life is understood less.
“This study bridges the existing knowledge gap and improves our understanding of how early life factors can influence the risk of colorectal cancer in adults.”
This news comes in the midst of an explosion of colon cancer cases in fewer than 50s that Medici and the public have stunned and alerted.
If you are too heavy as a child, teenager and young adult
Colon cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK, with nearly 44,000 new diagnoses every year.
The diagnosis is increasing, but the alarming trend is not universal in all age groups.
NHS figures for England show that the colon cancer rates have risen the fastest in men aged 40 to 44 since COVID.
In 2019, 283 men in this age group were diagnosed with the disease.
This corresponded to a speed of 16.6 per 100,000 or one in 6,000.
But by 2022 the most recent figures of the year are available, this increased 57 percent, with 26.1 diagnoses per 100,000 men aged 40 to 44.
That is the equivalent of one in 3,800 men in their early 40s who are diagnosed of the disease every year.
In the US there are approximately 107,320 new cases of colon cancer 46,950 new cases of rectum cancer, estimate the American Cancer Society.
The graph above shows the increase in American colorectal cancers in men and women from 2000 to 2021
There are several other factors in the early origin that the disease has associated, because researchers urgently try to determine the cause of the increase in cases.
This last finding comes a month after researchers had found that a common food bug was picked up in childhood, feeding colon cancer can be.
A Bombshell study found E.Coli, a bacteria transferred by food can feed the epidemic in young people.
The bacteria infect around 75,000 to 90,000 Americans every year and at least 1500 British.
Researchers from the University of California San Diego analyzed DNA of young colon cancer patients who
They found unique genetic changes in their digestive channels that seem to increase the risk that tumors are.
They also detected traces of colibactin, a cancer-connected toxin produced by certain tribes of E. coli, lurking in tumors of patients under 40.
The most common source of E. coli is not cooked ground beef, where bacteria can spread during processing.
E Coli bacteria illness 265,000 Americans, with young children most in danger. Children can catch it when stroking zoos or by eating contaminated food
But leafy vegetables such as Romaine and spinach are another major culprit, often polluted in the field due to contaminated water or contact with cattle.
Raw milk and other non -pasteurized dairy products are also a risk, along with raw products such as apples, cucumbers and especially Brussels sprouts – that offer the perfect warm, moist environment for bacteria to thrive.
E. Coli can also sneak in due to contaminated water, which can be used to irrigate crops or clean equipment, and poor kitchen hygiene can help spread to other foods such as poultry.
Ludmil Alexandrov, senior study author and professor in cellular and molecular medicine at the University of California San Diego, said: ‘These mutation patterns are a kind of historical record in the genome, and they point to early exposure to colibactin as a driving force behind the early illness.
“This reforms how we think about cancer. It may not be just about what is happening on adulthood – cancer may be influenced by events in early life, perhaps even the first few years.
“Persistent investments in this type of research will be crucial in the worldwide efforts to prevent and treat cancer before it’s too late.”
The most recent analysis is part of the Global Cancer Update program of World Cancer Research Fund International.
Experts in the Netherlands assessed 37 studies into body weight in early life and the risk of colorectal cancer – also known as bowel cancer – in adults.
Dr. Helen Croker, assistant director of research and policy at the World Cancer Research Fund added, added: ‘Cancer is a complex disease that develops for several decades, so a better understanding of early origin is of crucial importance for more effective prevention efforts and understanding the research slacunes.
“The results of this study show that increased Body Mass Index is an important risk factor for colorectal cancer during childhood due to young adulthood.”
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