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" The risk of developing throat cancer is six-times greater in obese people compared to those of a healthy weight, research has found. Published in the journal gut, the study of 1,600 patients found the risk of developing gullet (oesophageal) cancer to increase six-fold when comparing patients with a body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 and 25, to those with a BMI of 40 or more. Higher levels of fat created a higher insulin-like growth factor that could stipulate the development of the cancer, independent of other causal factors like alcohol or smoking, the researchers said. Obese men under the age of 50 are most at risk to oesophageal cancer, rates of which have increased quicker than every other major cancer in some countries, the authors added. Symptoms of severe heartburn or gastrointestinal reflux disease (Gord) are also high-risk factors associated with the cancer. Gord increases the risk of developing gullet cancer by five times, but when combined with obesity, the patient&amp;#039;s chances of developing the cancerous disease are boosted by a factor of 16, it was discovered. The Department of Health predicts that without intervention, 33 per cent of men and 28 per cent of women could be classified as obese by 2010. \u00A9 Adfero Ltd "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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