Obesity causes 100,000 US cancer cases each year
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Obesity causes 100,000 US cancer cases, group says
URL of this page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_91533.html
Thursday, November 5, 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of
cancer in the United States each year -- and the number will likely
rise as Americans get fatter, researchers said on Thursday.
Having too much body fat causes nearly half the cases of endometrial
cancer -- a type of cancer of the uterus -- and a third of esophageal
cancer cases, the American Institute for Cancer Research said.
Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the United States after
heart disease. The American Cancer Society projects that 1.47 million
people will be diagnosed with cancer this year and 562,000 will die of
it.
More than 26 percent of Americans are obese, defined as having a body
mass index of 30 or higher. BMI is equal to weight in kilograms
divided by height in meters squared. A person 5 feet 5 inches tall
becomes obese at 180 pounds (82 kg).
Additionally, nearly a third of Americans are overweight, defined as
having a BMI of 25 to 30.
The study combined findings from AICR research linking diet, physical
activity and fatness with cancer risk with national surveys on obesity
and cancer incidence.
"We then worked out the percentage of those specific cancers that
would be prevented if everyone in the United States maintained a
healthy weight," the group said in a statement.
Here are some of its estimates of cancer types that could be prevented
annually if Americans stayed slender:
* Esophageal - 35 percent of cases or 5,800 people
* Pancreatic - 28 percent or 11,900
* Gallbladder - 21 percent or 2,000
* Colon - 9 percent or 13,200
* Breast - 17 percent or 33,000
* Endometrium - 49 percent or 20,700
* Kidney - 24 percent or 13,900
In July, federal and other researchers estimated that obesity-related
diseases account for nearly 10 percent of all medical spending in the
United States or an estimated $147 billion a year.
(Reporting by Maggie Fox; Editing by Alan Elsner)
Ragnar
<ericbazilian...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Obesity causes 100,000 US cancer cases, group says
>
> URL of this page:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_91533.html
>
> Thursday, November 5, 2009
>
> In July, federal and other researchers estimated that obesity-related
> diseases account for nearly 10 percent of all medical spending in the
> United States or an estimated $147 billion a year.
>
“10 % of all medical spending in the US”, I wonder where the other 90%
is spent? I know I’ve asked this before and trolls vehemently insist
that the 9 to 10% figure is a misinterpretation of the statement. But
nobody ever answers the question and the question remains: If 10% of
ALL MEDICAL SPENDING in the US goes to treating obesity related
diseases then who or what is accounting for the remaining 90% of all
medical expenditures?
Ragnar
Duke
<0f1b0e60-133b-4438...@b15g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>
wrote:
The other 90% is spent on non obesity related diseases which obese
people become afflicted with as well.
I thought that was obvious.
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Ragnar
> Ragnar on 11/9/2009 in
> <0f1b0e60-133b-4438-93db-6caa860cf...@b15g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>
So 90% of the medical costs are distributed across the board and 10%
is spent on combating issues stemming from obesity. Sounds like more
double cost counting as we have seen in the Graham Colditz Costly
Study from 2004. In that study it was claimed that obesity accounted
for 117 billion yearly in medical costs. But what the authors didn’t
tell you was that they doubled up on costs estimates associated with
the obese. For example if an obese individual was hospitalized for
Cancer, hypertension and diabetes the expense associated with his
treatment would be estimated three times, inflating the cost estimate
considerably.
Ragnar
Ragnar
> On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:26:57 -0800 (PST), Ragnar
> do not believe that their tables would be claiming one treatment.
> three times.
>
> Joe-
>
Really, did any of the mentioned research included insurance company
data????? Was insurance company profiteering even part of the picture?
The original article uses data from the federal Government, the
American Institute for Cancer Research and my previous response uses
info from Graham Colditz who is a professor at The Washington School
of Medicine. Nowhere are insurance company actuarial tables even
remotely mentioned and it would be stupid if they were because they do
not correlate to the total medical expenditures nationally.
Actuarial tables are used to assess risk and track mortality rates for
the estimation of insurance product pricing and are not used for
determining overall medical budgetary or expenditure costs on a
national level. In other words their prime function is to determine
insurance premium pricing and overall profit vs. risk for the
insurance industry.
Ragnar
Wildbilly
government, that makes them fat, and causes the cancers (Western
Metabolic Syndrome).
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