Excess Body Fat Linked To Increased Risk For At Least 13 Different Types Of Cancer, Study Indicates.

A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)” indicates that “being overweight puts a person at significantly higher risk for cancer.” The study “published in Vital Signs,” which is “based on data from the 2014 United States Cancer Statistics, finds excess body fat increases the risk for at least 13 different types of cancer.” The investigators “found that although the overall rate of new cancer diagnoses has decreased since the 1990s, cancers” linked to “being overweight or obese have dramatically increased.” http://www.newsweek.com/cdc-report-links-13-cancers-high-bmi-overweight-obesity-676764