Obesity May Overtake Smoking As Number One Preventable Cause Of Cancer, Experts Say.

reported that “smoking has been the No. 1 preventable cause of cancer for decades and still kills more than 500,000 people a year in the United States,” but “obesity is poised to take the top spot, as Americans’ waistlines continue to expand while tobacco use plummets.” Being obese and overweight “has been associated in recent years with an increased risk of getting at least 13 types of cancer, including stomach, pancreatic, colorectal and liver malignancies, as well as postmenopausal breast cancer.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-disturbing-links-between-too-much-weight-and-several-types-of-cancer/2019/04/12/b43c4e68-5a1d-11e9-842d-7d3ed7eb3957_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1de15ab4f4eb