Study Links Being Overweight to Higher Risk of Several Types of Cancer

Posted in Diabetes Articles by Jennifer Moore on February 25th, 2008
Note from Connie: Already we've heard about numerous studies that link culprit carbs with cancer. Now a new review paper just published in Lancet finds a connection between obesity and developing several kinds of cancer. Jennifer updates you. After reviewing 141 medical articles, lead author Andrew Renehan, Ph.D., of the UK's University of Manchester and his colleagues reviewed found that in men, increases in body mass index (BMI) were "strongly associated" with colon, renal, thyroid and esophageal cancer. Meanwhile, in women, BMI increases had strong associations to endometrial, esophageal, renal and gallbladder cancers. The scientists discovered weaker links between excess...

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