TITLE

Cancer and Obesity Clearly Linked

PUB. DATE
March 2002
SOURCE
Joe Weider's Muscle & Fitness;Mar2002, Vol. 63 Issue 3, p44
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Focuses on the link between obesity and several types of cancer. Body Mass Index that is considered as obesity; Percentage of the population in the United States that are obese.
ACCESSION #
5931990

Tags: OBESITY;  CANCER -- Prevention;  HEALTH

 

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