Obesity and cancer -The evidence is fattening up

Rudolf Kaaks; Tilman Kühn

doi:10.1038/nrendo.2014.168

Obesity and cancer -The evidence is fattening up

Rudolf Kaaks^*, Tilman Kühn

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A large-scale study with 5.24 million participants has found statistically significant associations between increased BMI and 17 of 22 frequent cancers. The strongest associations were observed for cancers of the endometrium, kidney, gallbladder and uterus. Questions remain as to whether several of the weaker associations reported in this study reflect genuinely causal relationships.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	644-645
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Reviews Endocrinology
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2014.168
Publication status	Published - 30 Sept 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Endocrinology

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Obesity and cancer -The evidence is fattening up

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