To Beat Cancer

This week I read an aricle by Tim Reuters titled Obesity Causes 100,00 U.S Cancer Cases a Year, which was what it sounds like, talking about how obesity causes a lot of cancer cases that occur. If we, as America could lose weight, we could decrease the amount of cancer cases a year. Over 30% of Americans are overweight, and that number is expected to increase significantly along with the number of people diagnosed with cancer.

Even though this is not a cure, its an aid. An aid to help rid cancer. Of course, not all cancer is related to weight, but a lot of it can be prevented. Some doctors figured the percentages of cancers that could be prevented if Americans stayed slender and this is what they found...

Esophogeal: 35% or 5,800 people

Pancreatic: 28% or 11,900 people

Gallbladder: 21% or 2,000 people

Colon: 9% or 13,200 people

Breast: 17% or 33,00 people

Endometrium: 49% or 20,700 people

Kidney: 24% or 13,900 people

This is how many lives we can save each year if we can decrease our obesity. It's so much for so little. Think about how many people can be saved if we can just eat better and exersise more. Sometimes though, its not our fault as consumers, but more of the venders. Everything we buy and consume has been processed and containd addatives and sugar. This does not help our current situation at all. When 30% of Americans needs to lose weight, the things they are given don't help them, their health or our country. We are known as fat and lazy, but together we can change that, and we can save lives.