Can Being Overweight Cause Cancer?
Tags: OBESITY; CANCER -- Risk factors; NUTRITION disorders; SEX differences; GALLSTONES
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- Weight And Cancer: More Links Uncovered. // Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter;Sep2002, Vol. 20 Issue 7, p1
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- Obesity a cancer risk. Taylor, Tanya; Carey, Dorothy // Nutridate;Jul2001, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p7
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- Extra Weight Adds Cancer Risk. // USA Today Magazine;Feb2002, Vol. 130 Issue 2681, p12
Reports on the risk of developing cancer by obese persons. Breast cancer; Colorectal cancer; Endometrial cancer; Prostate cancer; Kidney cancer; Cancer of the esophagus; Disease associations; Disease development.
- FEW AMERICANS KNOW ABOUT THE OBESITY/CANCER LINK. // RN;Oct2002, Vol. 65 Issue 10, p101
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- Fat and out-of-shape -- a prescription for cancer. // Active Living;Mar2008, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p13
An excerpt from the article "Fat and out-of-shape � a prescription for cancer," in the February 19, 2008 issue of "Wellness Insider" is presented.
