drafted in part by scientists at the American Cancer Society (ACS), and published online on CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
The study found that in 2015, about 4 million deaths were attributable to excess body weight.
According to lead researcher Hyuna Sung and colleagues at the ACS, the spread of Western lifestyles has led to a “rapid increase in both the prevalence of excess body weight and the associated cancer burden.”
Looking at global data for 2012, excess body weight accounted for nearly 4 percent (544,300) of cancers worldwide, with rates ranging from less than 1 percent in poor nations to 8 percent in some wealthy Western countries and in Middle Eastern and northern African countries, the findings showed.
Piling on too many pounds has also been linked to cancers of the breast, colon, esophagus, gallbladder, kidney, liver, ovary, pancreas, stomach, thyroid, and meningioma. It is also linked to advanced prostate cancer and cancers of the mouth, pharynx, and larynx, the researchers said in a journal news release.
Roslin agreed that