How obesity teaches cancer cells to multiply and becomes deadly

Sumit Jha

Feb 04, 2026

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A woman with a body mass index (BMI) of 40 carries a 62 percent higher cancer risk than someone at a healthy weight, according to a study. 

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Health check-up measures blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol, but nobody mentions that fat tissue quietly releases chemicals that weaken the immune system.

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On World Cancer Day, prevention takes centre stage. However, one of the largest modifiable risk factors for at least 13 cancer types rarely features in awareness campaigns.

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Obesity connects to cancer through six biological pathways. Each five-kilogram-per-square-metre increase in BMI is linked to about 10 percent higher cancer mortality.

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For over 100 million Indians living with obesity, the connection between excess weight and cancer represents one of the largest preventable burdens in the country’s disease landscape.