Prostate Protection

If you are an overweight man, we have another good reason to start a healthy diet and exercise program. Recent studies have shown that excess weight may impact the chances of surviving prostate cancer.

“Evidence that weight is a risk factor is not quite conclusive, but it’s close,” says David Penson, M.D., associate professor of urology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC). “There is certainly some preliminary evidence that obese patients are more likely to have aggressive cancers and more likely to die from the disease if they get it.”

Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer found in American men. A healthy diet and exercise routine may also help prevent the disease.