At #9, let's talk about a topic that no one really wants to talk about. Cancer.
A recent study at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston found that overweight women have 4x the endometrial cancer risk, probably for the same reason they’re at increased risk for breast cancer: Body fat produces estrogen, a hormone linked to both diseases. University of Minnesota researchers found that leptin, a hormone associated with weight gain, enhanced the proliferation of both normal and cancerous breast cells.
An exercise program that focuses on weight loss in addition to toning has been shown to decrease the risks of these and other cancers.
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