A new study claims that wearing a tight belt can increase the risk of developing throat cancer and fat people with generous bellies are likelier to suffer from it. Scottish experts claim that restriction around the waist especially if someone is overweight can allow stomach acid to move up into the gullet which can cause damage that increases risk of oesophageal cancer. Doctors from Glasgow and Strathclyde universities and Southern General Hospital recruited 24 healthy volunteers with no history of acid reflux. Half the volunteers had normal waist sizes while the rest were overweight. Each was asked to swallow a
