00:00Carrying extra weight in your 20s and 30s may be linked to a higher cancer risk.
00:04A team in South Korea followed more than 6 million adults aged 20 to 39.
00:09All were healthy at the start, and they were tracked for about a decade.
00:13Among people at a normal weight, 1.8% developed cancer within 10 years.
00:18For those with obesity, that rose to 2.2%.
00:22With more severe obesity, it reached 2.6%.
00:25Belly fat mattered too.
00:27People with excess abdominal fat had the highest cancer rates overall.
00:31Thyroid, endometrial, and ovarian cancers showed some of the strongest links.
00:36But researchers found no significant link with breast cancer.
00:39The study can't prove cause and effect, and it lacked detailed smoking data.
00:44It was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
00:46Next, researchers want to know whether losing weight lowers that risk.
00:50Disclosure, this video contains stock footage and content created or enhanced using AI-assisted tools.
