It's a diet that pays attention to cooking techniques, meaning less frequent grilling, and cutting the char off of grilled food. And it is one that is appropriate in caloric content, meaning that it contains the right amount of calories to maintain a healthy weight. It's called the New American Plate, focusing on proportion and portion. We at the American Institute for Cancer Research also know that obesity can increase cancer risk. Most people have learned that obesity can be associated with high cholesterol, diabetes, high blood pressure, but many don't recognize that obesity is also a risk factor for several types of cancer.
Obesity increases the risk of uterine cancer, and there's convincing evidence of that.
It also increases the risk of breast and kidney cancer, probably, and possibly increases the risk of colorectal cancer. This is an important public health problem, obesity, and it's time we paid more attention to portion sizes. It's time to pay more attention to what we are eating, at home, a party, a restaurant, someone else's house. There are simple strategies we can use to help us manage our weight while still eating delicious food, as well as improving our overall health. It is not a question of avoiding cancer or heart disease, but overall health, looking better, feeling better, with a lower disease risk.