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1. Is your height related to your risk of cancer?
Cancer is a long-term condition that can strike any part of your body. It occurs when cells in the body spread to other parts of the body and grow out of control. Cancer, in its view. A person's risk of developing cancer can be increased by factors such as old age, exposure to radiation, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, and a personal or family history of cancer. However, according to a recent study, our height can also influence our cancer risk.
2. What the research has found World Cancer Research Fund International claims that your height may determine your cancer risk.
The global evidence regarding the connection between cancer and diet, weight, and physical activity was examined by the research team.
Ovarian, prostate, pancreatic, colorectal, breast, and kidney cancer are more likely to affect taller people.
3.Details of the study's findings
The study came to the conclusion that increasing your height by five centimeters can increase your risk of certain cancers and specific types.
Kidney cancer has an increased risk of 10% before and 11% after menopause; ovarian cancer has an increased risk of 8%; pancreatic cancer has an increased risk of 7%; colorectal cancer has an increased risk of 5%; prostate cancer has an increased risk of 4%.
4. How height affects cancer risk
Susannah Brown, science program manager for World Cancer Research Fund International, explains how height affects cancer risk.
According to her, "The most important thing to remember is that it is not a person's height itself – i.e. the distance between your head and feet – that increases your risk of cancer."
Instead, cancer is linked to the process your body has gone through to get tall.
To put it another way, a person's final adult height is a visual representation of the body's growth process from conception to adulthood.
"This process is influenced not only by their genes but also by factors that can be changed during development (such as growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor, and sex hormones like oestrogens) in the womb, as well as throughout childhood and adolescence.
She adds, "So height should only be thought of as a marker, or indicator, of the whole series of events and experiences from conception to adulthood." "It is important to identify what aspect or aspects of this process influences cancer risk."
5. You can't change your height, but you can live a healthier lifestyle. Overall, being tall is not a bad thing and can help you avoid chronic diseases like diabetes, heart attacks, and strokes. Additionally, there is nothing you can do about it. You can't change your height.
However, there are steps you can take to lower your risk of developing cancer, such as eating well and getting enough exercise.
The Mayo Clinic says that getting regular medical care, maintaining a healthy weight, quitting smoking or drinking, and eating a healthy diet can lower your risk of getting cancer.
6. Keep in mind general symptoms of cancer
According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), the following are some of the most typical symptoms of cancer:
Changes in bowel habits, bladder changes such as pain when passing urine, blood in the urine, or needing to pass urine more or less often, fever or nights sweats, headaches, vision or hearing problems, mouth changes such as sores, bleeding, pain, or numbness, and swelling or lumps anywhere in the body are all signs of fatigue. Unexplained weight loss or gain is also a sign of fatigue. Swelling or lumps anywhere in the body are also signs of fatigue.