increased bowel cancer risk

Large bowel cancer risk increases with every 1 cm increase in waist circumference

A recent study, presented at the 23rd United European Gastroenterology Week in Barcelona, uncovered that with every one centimeter growth in waist circumference a person’s risk of large bowel cancer increases. Furthermore, with every five-unit increase in body mass index (BMI) the risk of large bowel cancer – colorectal cancer – rises 18 percent. Professor ...click here to read more