Hey everyone, welcome to Wellness on Mass. I'm Dr. Nicole Sapphire, board certified position,

mom and forever, truth seeker. Well, as someone who delivers a cancer diagnosis just about every single

day as my day job, of course I have to talk about cancer. Everyone knows someone who has either themselves or a family member or a friend or someone

who's been affected by cancer because it really is just so prevalent.

And while we could talk about cancer probably for a year straight, that's not necessarily

what I want to get into today.

You know, one of the big things for me when it comes to wellness on mass, I really

want to shine a light on the science that really matters. And there was exciting research that

came out of Cornell University looking at something very specific from a molecular level

when it comes to cancer risk. But again, this episode is going to touch on cancer, but it's not

entirely about cancer. One of the questions I have had is, how is being overweight related to

cancer? Undoubtedly, we know that the more excess body fat you have, it can increase your risk of

cancer. In the United States, about

74% of adults are overweight or obese. About 21% of kids, adolescents, are also overweight or obese.

That's a pretty terrible number. And in fact, I think that's underestimated because as I look

around at our kids, everyone's kind of packing on a little extra weight just like the adults.

So one of the biggest questions that I have is, is it the fat in the body and its effect on our

body that's leading to cancer? Or is it something specific

in our food that not only doesn't make us fat, but it itself is toxic and is resulting in

cancer? Or is it a little bit of both? And what can we do about it? So let's kind of review

what we do know. It is settled science. Excess body weight is linked to a higher risk of

cancer. It just, it is what it is, and the fact that the United States is the most overweight country

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