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Cancers that dietary fat can lead to - ANSWER✔✔✔-Breast cancer
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Colon cancer |




prostate cancer |




underlying issue of breast, colon, and prostate cancer - ANSWER✔✔✔-
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hyperinsulinemia (high insulin levels) | | |




insulin and obesity - ANSWER✔✔✔-increased insulin with increased
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obesity


IGF-1 and obesity - ANSWER✔✔✔-non linear relation
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peak levels in people with BMIs of 24-27
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Total oestradiol - ANSWER✔✔✔-increase levels in men and post
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menopausal women with obesity | | | |




no effect on pre menopausal women
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,insulin resistance and cancer - ANSWER✔✔✔-insulin resistance =
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increase cell proliferation and decrease cell death
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estrogen stimulation in breast cancer/endometrial cancer/polycystic
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ovary syndrome - ANSWER✔✔✔-increases cell division
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inhibits apoptosis |




increase synthesis of IGF-1
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progesterone (protective) induces the synthesis of IGFBP-1 which
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inhibits IGF-1 |




estrogen could cause hyperplasia
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breast cancer - ANSWER✔✔✔-increased postmenopausal breast cancer
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decreased premenopausal breast cancer
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increased weight gain of 18-50 lbs increases the risk of breast cancer
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after menopause
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colon cancer - ANSWER✔✔✔-for men, increased BMI = increased risk
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has the strongest association with abdominal obesity (waist
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circumference)
also, increased BMI is associated with rectal cancer
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, esophageal cancer - ANSWER✔✔✔-2 times higher in those who are
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overweight and obese | | |




associated with GI reflux and Barretts syndrome (precancerous reflux
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scarring) |




obesity worsens esophageal inflammation
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renal cancer - ANSWER✔✔✔-obesity and higher insulin levels increase
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risk


thyroid cancer - ANSWER✔✔✔-obesity associated but unknown how
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gallbladder cancer - ANSWER✔✔✔-obesity related but might be from
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gallstone frequency |




prostate cancer - ANSWER✔✔✔-obesity increases risk slightly
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obese men have more aggressive cancers
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linked to hormone and growth factors (like insulin-like growth factor 1)
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dietary protein is a precursor to... - ANSWER✔✔✔-body proteins
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protein kcal/g - ANSWER✔✔✔-4 kcal/g
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