Losing weight 'cuts prostate cancer risk'

Losing weight reduces the risk of an aggressive form of prostate cancer, according to a study reported today.

After tracking the weight of nearly 70,000 men between 1982 and 1992, researchers from the American Cancer Society and the Duke University Prostate Centre found that men who lost more than 11lb (5kg) had a lower risk for aggressive prostate cancer than men whose weight remained the same over a decade.