Surgical weight loss reduces the risk of cancer and overall mortality in obese people. This conclusion was made by scientists from the University of Texas.
At the moment, about 42% of US residents are obese, and almost 10% are morbid. Being overweight contributes to many health problems, including cancer. Being overweight and obese is associated with an increased risk of developing as many as 13 malignancies. Excess weight sometimes requires drastic measures, and the toughest of them is bariatric surgery.
Currently, various types of bariatrics are common, including gastric bypass. They are aimed at reducing the size of the stomach, due to which a person’s appetite decreases, and the number of calories absorbed is reduced. Victims of obesity are twice as likely to experience certain types of cancer and are 3-5 times more likely to die from them, a new study has found.
However, its authors also confirmed that surgical weight loss or bariatric surgery reduces the risk of tumors of the breast, female genital organs, kidneys, brain, lungs and thyroid gland by more than two times. These are the results of observations for 10 years of the health of patients who underwent surgical methods for the treatment of obesity. This is the most convincing evidence that bariatric surgery saves people's lives from malignant neoplasms. (READ MORE) 
University of Texas
Medicine
Austin State Public University (Texas, USA).