Greater cancer risk for taller people, suggests study

TALLER people have an increased risk of cancer, including of the bowel, breast, kidney and brain, say experts in Britain.

The largest study of its kind on the issue found around a 16% increased risk of cancer with each additional 4in (10.2cm) of height.

The study, of more than one million women, found that those in the shortest group — around 5ft tall or 152.4cm — experienced around 750 cancers per 100,000 women per year.