Cancer prevention in females with and without obesity: Does perceived and internalised weight bias determine cancer prevention behaviour?

Abstract Background Women with obesity are not only at higher risk of developing cancer such as gynaecological malignancies but are also less likely to attend cancer prevention screenings (CPS). In this study, we aimed to obtain a better database for Germany and to investigate whether women with obe...

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Main Authors: Marie Bernard, Magrit Löbner, Florian Lordick, Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller, Claudia Luck-Sikorski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-12-01
Series:BMC Women's Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-022-02085-2