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On 1 Nov 2007, [email protected] (Geo) wrote:
>Obesity Linked to Increased Cancer Risk
>By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay Reporter
>HealthDay
>
>WEDNESDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Weight management, exercise and
>proper nutrition are key to reducing your risk of cancer. And the earlier
>in life you adopt these practices, the better off you'll be, a new study
>suggests.
>
>Factors such as birth weight, childbearing, breast-feeding, and adult
>height and weight also influence cancer risk, according to the report
>released Wednesday by the American Institute for Cancer Research and the
>Britain-based World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF). Understanding how these
>factors affect cancer risk, and how to put this information to use to
>prevent the disease, offer promising new directions for cancer research,
>the study authors said.
>
>The WCRF said obesity can be linked to six types of cancer, five more than
>its last report, 10 years ago.
Tell that to my 97 year old, chain smoking, 503 pound girlfriend.
>Obesity Linked to Increased Cancer Risk
>By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay Reporter
>HealthDay
>
>WEDNESDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Weight management, exercise and
>proper nutrition are key to reducing your risk of cancer. And the earlier
>in life you adopt these practices, the better off you'll be, a new study
>suggests.
>
>Factors such as birth weight, childbearing, breast-feeding, and adult
>height and weight also influence cancer risk, according to the report
>released Wednesday by the American Institute for Cancer Research and the
>Britain-based World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF). Understanding how these
>factors affect cancer risk, and how to put this information to use to
>prevent the disease, offer promising new directions for cancer research,
>the study authors said.
>
>The WCRF said obesity can be linked to six types of cancer, five more than
>its last report, 10 years ago.
Tell that to my 97 year old, chain smoking, 503 pound girlfriend.