Can Weight Loss Prevent Cancer?
Br J Cancer. 2008 Oct 7;99(7):995-999, KY Wolin, GA Colditz
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Abstract
Abstract
We review and update evidence on obesity, weight gain and weight loss in relation to leading cancers since the International Agency for Research on Cancer report of 2002. Emphasis is placed on the time course of disease and implications for weight control to prevent cancer. We conclude that weight loss could prevent a major portion of common cancers.
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OncologySTAT Editorial Team
Weight gain or obesity may increase the risk of cancer. In 2002, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concluded that avoiding weight gain reduced the risk of colon, postmenopausal breast, endometrial, kidney (renal cell), and esophageal cancers. In 2007, the World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research (WCRF/AICR) found that body fatness was associated with colorectal, pancreatic, esophageal, postmenopausal breast, kidney, and endometrial cancers and possibly...
