How high blood sugar, hypertension and obesity can add up to cancer risk ( www.mprnews.org )
About a third of Americans have metabolic syndrome. It's a cluster of conditions that can include hypertension, high blood sugar and a large waistline, and together increase your risk of heart disease, stroke and Type 2 diabetes.
New research underscores another potential consequence: Cancer.
The link between cancer and having excess body fat is well-established.
But this latest study, published in the journal Cancer, takes a broader look at this relationship, focusing on how metabolic syndrome in general raises the risk of developing a variety of cancers.
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