Global Patterns in Excess Body Weight and the Associated Cancer Burden

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Introduction:
Over the last couple of centuries worldwide the incidence of excess weight and the
related cancer toll has increased. The incidence in adult of excess body weight –identified as
a Body Mass (BMI) index (greater than or equal to 25 kg/ m2) –increased between 1975 and
2016 from almost 21 per cent in males and about 24 per cent in females to about 40 per
cent in both genders (Sung H et al. 2018). In particular, obesity (BMI greater or equal to 30
kg/m2) was four fold among males from 3 per cent to 12 per cent, and in females from 7 per
cent to 16 per cent more than doubled (Sung H et al. 2018). Combined with demographic
development, the figure for obese adolescents has grown from 100 million to 671 million
which is more than 6 times increment (Sung H et al. 2018). In high-income nations, males
and children in the western countries and females and girls in the Middle East, Central Asia,
and North Africa have experienced the biggest complete rise in obesity (Sung H et al. 2018).
Changes in the global food scheme, which encourages energy dense, nutrient poor food,
along with decreased possibilities for physical exercise, are believed to drive a concurrent
increase in overweight in almost all nations. In 2012, extra body mass ranged for around 3.9
percent of all cancers (544 300 cases) and in some western high income nations, in North and
Mid-East African nations, excess body weight ranged from less than 1 per cent to 7 to 8 per
cent (Sung H et al. 2018). The world cancer toll directly related to this situation and is most
probable to grow in future, given the pandemic share of excess body weight in high income
nations and the increased incidence in low and middle income nations. The possibilities to
combat obesity arise through the key policy activities to support an atmosphere conducive to
a good lifestyle and effective living, through a multi-sectoral co-ordinated application. The
fast rise both in excess body weight and the related carcinogenic burden highlight the need to
concentrate on the identification, implementation and assessment of measures to avoid and
regulate surplus body weight (Sung H et al. 2018). According to a recent study, policies,

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financial structures and promotional methods that encourage the energy dense, nutrient poor
consumption of meat, shifting behavioral trends, combined with a large overall energy intake
and human built conditions that amplify these variables lead to a global increase in body
weight. In 2012, excess body weight represented about 3.9 per cent of cancers globally,
which is unquestionably increasing in the next few centuries in the context of present
developments (Sung H et al. 2018).
This study provides worldwide, national and demographic variables related to obesity,
a summary of evidence that links excess body weight to danger of disease, and political
behavior that may assist resolve the problem.
Methods and Search strategy:
Specific key words were used to find the papers linked to this subject. For instance,
the investigators used key words or sentences such as "excess body weight," "cancer trend
associated with obesity." The investigators could discover only two papers with these main
phrases. Then the scientists used fundamental phrases such as' global trend ', 'obesity and
cancer' and 'effect of obesity or excess body weight in human'. Boolean operators were used
between these terms to increase the search efficiency. The investigators then continued to the
crucial evaluation segment of the task after discovering appropriate qualitative research. Most
of the papers were collected using internet databases such as PubMed, CINAHL, and Google
Scholar. To maintain the relevancy of the data presented in this article, publication date for
the journals were limited to last seven years which from 2012 to 2019. Only one paper was
taken from the year 2002, due its relevancy to the topic.
Main body:
In the given case scenario, the prevalence of the increased body weight of people
contributing to obesity along with the increased cases of cancer associated have been