Eleven Types Of Cancers May Have Strong Associations With Excess Body Fat, Research Suggests.

reports that a “systematic literature review” found that “eleven types of cancers showed strong associations with excess body fat.” In the “study to ‘evaluate the strength and validity of the evidence for the association between adiposity and risk of developing or dying from cancer,’ the strongest evidence was seen for cancers of the gastric cardia, colon, rectum, biliary tract system, pancreas, breast, endometrium, ovary, kidney, esophageal adenocarcinoma, and multiple myeloma.” The findings were published in The BMJ. Also covering the story are Medscape (2/28, Mulcahy), The Guardian (UK) (2/28, Davis), the Telegraph (UK) (2/28, Bodkin), and CBC (CAN) (2/28). http://www.medpagetoday.com/endocrinology/obesity/63478