From: Time.com, October 5, 2017 | By Amanda MacMillan
Wherever you are, whoever you are, if you’re carrying extra weight lose it: 40% of cancers are linked to being overweight, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Excerpt: “The rate of new cancer cases has decreased in the United States since the 1990s. But increases in overweight- and obesity-related cancers—which now account for 40% of all U.S. cancers—are likely slowing that progress, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
In 2014, about 630,000 Americans were diagnosed with a cancer associated with excess body weight. Based on a review of more than 1,000 studies, the International Agency for Research on Cancer has identified 13 such cancers: esophageal, colorectal, endometrial, gallbladder, stomach, kidney, liver, ovarian, pancreatic, thyroid and postmenopausal breast cancers, as well as meningioma and multiple myeloma.”
