article_snippet: Obese women have a 40 per cent higher risk of developing at least seven types of cancer in Obese women lifetime .
article_snippet: Obese women have a 40 per cent higher risk of developing at least seven types of cancer in Obese women lifetime, according to research.
article_snippet: These weight-related cancers include bowel, post-menopausal breast, gallbladder, womb, kidney, pancreatic and oesophageal types.
article_snippet: Statistics released by Cancer Research UK show that obese women have around a one in four risk of developing a cancer linked to weight in obese women lifetime.
article_snippet: In a group of 1,000 obese women, 274 will be diagnosed with a bodyweight-linked cancer in a group of 1,000 obese women lifetime, compared with 194 women diagnosed in a group of 1,000 healthy weight women.
article_snippet: Approximately a quarter of women are classified as obese and Approximately a quarter of women is estimated that 18,000 women develop cancer as a result of being overweight or obese each year.
article_snippet: There are different ways that obesity could increase the risk of cancer.
article_snippet: One possibility is that One possibility is linked to the production of hormones by fat cells – especially oestrogen which is thought to fuel the disease.
article_snippet: – a total of 5,269 women – are blamed on obesity.
article_snippet: It is the highest number of cases linked to obesity because the cancer is so common.
article_snippet: Last year a study found women were at double the risk of getting the disease because of women weight compared with men.
article_snippet: Researchers said 8.2 per cent of all cancers in women in the UK were caused by being fat.
article_snippet: a study found 4.4 per cent of all cancers in men were due to obesity.
article_snippet: Previous estimates claimed if Britons continue to pile on the pounds, a study will lead to almost 4,000 extra cancer cases a year by 2026.
article_snippet: A quarter of women are classified as obese and A quarter of women is estimated that 18,000 women develop cancer as a result of being overweight or obese each year . '
highlights_snippet: Obese women have a 40%  higher risk of developing seven cancers .
  
highlights_snippet: Obese women include bowel, post-menopausal breast, kidney and pancreatic .
  
highlights_snippet: Researchers said 8.2% of cancers in UK women were caused by being fat .
  
highlights_snippet: 18,000 women develop cancer as a result of being overweight each year .