Actress Maral Farjad Opened Up About Battling Cancer

Some studies indicate that being overweight increases the risk of several types of cancer, particularly in the breast, endometrium, colon, esophagus, kidney, pancreas and gallbladder, and possibly other types of cancer as well. Although the connection is not well understood, it may be that excess fat in the body causes increased hormone production, chronic inflammation, or poor regulation of tumor cell growth which, in turn, promote the development of different types of cancer.