Obesity is the mother cause of many diseases including cardio-vascular, diabetes, cancer, respiratory tract, arthritis, reproductive system and others.

Basically obesity is not a problem of physical appearance but is a conglomeration of health disorders. Researchers have over the year concluded that obesity is one condition that may set in motion various serious illnesses, including near lethal heart attack and cancer.

Though causes of cancer are still not known but prevalence of this disease among obese people has been more than those who are fit, slim and trim. Oncologists – cancer specialists – hold that those who are obese or overweight run more risks of getting cancer of the uterus, colon, gall bladder, prostrate, kidney and few other organs.

It does not mean that only obese or overweight people can get cancer of colon or kidneys or of prostrate glands, even normal people can but ratio of incidence is more towards those who are obese. Extra flesh or extra weight may be a contributing factor. In other words if you were not obese, there could be a possibility of you not getting the cancer of colon or kidney. But this is still to be scientifically established or corroborated.

If one looks back at figures released by Cancer societies, incidence of breast cancer and colon cancer has been abnormally high and a fairly large number of cancer patients of colon and breast cancer are obese.

Obese people not only higher risk of bad cholesterol, blood pressure, heart disease but even children who are overweight are prone to serious ailments. Children getting diabetes are more common among obese than normal weighing children. Though researchers are yet to establish that those suffering from cardio-vascular diseases or diabetes and other lifestyle diseases because of obesity are consequently more prone to cancer.