Womb cancer risk grows with extra waist weight, study suggests

Every increase of 0.1 units in the ratio between waist and hip raises the risk of developing the disease by 21%, researchers say

Women who have a higher waist to hip ratio could have an increased risk of womb cancer, a study suggests.

Researchers writing in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that for every increase of 0.1 units in the ratio between waist and hip, the risk of developing the disease increased by 21%.