A women’s cancer risk could increase if she’s overweight. A study found that the length of time a woman is overweight may increase her risk for breast, endometrial, colon, and kidney cancers. “The risk of developing any of those cancers rose in tandem with the number of years a woman had been overweight. On average, the study found, the odds rose by 10 percent for every 10 years a woman had been obese. Similarly, they climbed by 7 percent for every decade she’d been overweight. When the researchers took a closer look, four cancers were clearly connected to the duration of a woman’s excess weight: breast, endometrial, colon and kidney. But the findings do not prove excess weight causes these cancers.” Researchers suggested that extra weight could indicate an unhealthy lifestyle that may lead to cancer.