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• Excess body weight boosts risk of 10 common cancers: study
• Excess body weight boosts risk of 10 common cancers
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• The Lancet: overweight and obesity linked to 10 common cancers and over 12,000 cases every year in the UK
• Site Last Updated 1:44 am, Thursday
• A million children at risk because of hidden fat

Excess body weight boosts risk of 10 common cancers: study Posted: 13 Aug 2014 06:27 PM PDT PARIS, August 13, 2014 (AFP) - Being overweight boosts the risk of 10 common cancers, said a study of five million UK adults that prompted a call Thursday for tougher anti-obesity measures.

Excess body weight boosts risk of 10 common cancers Posted: 13 Aug 2014 04:28 PM PDT Researchers calculated that 12,000 cases of these 10 cancers every year in the UK were attributable to excess body weight. Measured as a ratio of weight in kilogrammes-to-height in metres squared, a body mass index (BMI) of 25 to 29.9 is considered overweight, and 30 plus as obese. "Each five kg/m2 increase in BMI was clearly linked with higher risk of cancers of the uterus (62 percent increase ...

2 Posted: 13 Aug 2014 04:15 PM PDT High body-mass index (BMI) predisposes to several site-specific cancers, but a large-scale systematic and detailed characterisation of patterns of risk across all common cancers adjusted for potential confounders has not previously been undertaken.

The Lancet: overweight and obesity linked to 10 common cancers and over 12,000 cases every year in the UK Posted: 13 Aug 2014 03:46 PM PDT A higher body mass index increases the risk of developing 10 of the most common cancers, the largest study of its kind on body mass index and cancer, involving more than 5 million adults in the U.K., published in The Lancet shows.

Site Last Updated 1:44 am, Thursday Posted: 13 Aug 2014 12:03 PM PDT KUCHING: Sarawak Heart Foundation is organising a free health screening test at Eastern Mall, 17th Mile Siburan, from 9.30am to 7.30pm this Saturday. According to a press release yesterday, the test comprise body mass index, blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol.

A million children at risk because of hidden fat Posted: 27 Jul 2014 08:24 AM PDT Around a million children are at risk of heart disease and diabetes because standard measures to determine if they are healthy ignore body fat and muscle mass

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