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# Sugar boosts endometrial cancer risk
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/sugar_boosts_endometrial_cancer_0609131012/
- Published: 2013-06-09T11:11:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:21:12.000Z
- Description: Comparing 424 women with endometrial cancer to 398 without it, researchers found those in the highest quartile of added sugar intake had 84 percent higher risk. Body mass index and physical activity did not appear to modify the effect.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Chemical, Food Safety, #vivvo-import

Sunday June 9, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- High sugar consumption may increase the risk of endometrial cancer, and weight control and physical activity may not help offset the cancer promoting effect of sugar, according to a new study in Cancer Causes Control.

The study led by M.G. King and colleagues from The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, New Jersey found high sugar consumption was associated with 85% increased risk of endometrial cancer, compared with those having lower consumption.

The researchers say in their report that "Consumption of foods high in sugar promotes insulin production, which has been linked to endometrial carcinogenesis." In the current study, they compared 424 patients with endometrial cancer and 398 without the disease for their dietary intake of sugar foods and beverages and added sugar.

They found women in the highest quartile of added sugar intake had 84% increased endometrial cancer risk, compared with those in the lowest quartile. The increase in the risk was found higher among women with waist-to-hip ratio equal to or greater than 0.85 (the risk was increased by 150%) and those without using hormone replacement therapy (the risk was increased by 103%). 

It was also found that body mass index and physical activity did not seem to modify the effect of sugar consumption on the risk of endometrial cancer, suggesting that women should not count on weight control and increasing physical activity to counteract the cancer promoting effect of sugar. (reporting by David Liu, PHD)