Symposium 1: Overnutrition: consequences and solutions. Obesity and cancer risk.
Epidemiological studies have provided convincing evidence that obesity increases the risk for cancers of the oesophagus (adenocarcinoma), colon, pancreas, breast (post-menopausal), endometrium and kidney. The magnitude of the increase in risk varies between cancer sites. For an increase in BMI of 10...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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