Cancer Group Finds Excess Body Fat Alone Causes More Than 100,000 Cancers in U.S

Latest Scientific Evidence on Adverse Impact of Obesity on Cancer
Diagnosis and Survival

On the heels of new estimates that obesity-related diseases contribute $147
billion to the nation's health care bill, the American Institute for Cancer
Research (AICR) is taking aim at the large number of life-threatening cancers
that are preventable through effective weight management.  In conjunction with
its Annual Research Conference on Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and
Cancer in Washington, AICR will hold a news conference on November 5 to
present new, evidence-based estimates that excess body fat alone is
responsible for more than 100,000 cancer cases annually in the U.S., including
cancers of the endometrium, esophagus, pancreas, kidney, gallbladder, breast
and colon/rectum. At the same time, AICR will address the implications of
alarmingly low rates of awareness of the obesity/cancer link among the public
and present the latest data linking obesity with poorer outcomes both during
and after cancer treatment. 

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