2015
DOI: 10.15406/aowmc.2015.02.00027
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Obesity and Cancer: What’s the Interconnection?

Abstract: Obesity is one of the most prevalent nutritional diseases, associated with chronic morbidity and mortality. Persuasive evidence indicates a striking association between obesity and incidence of common neoplasms, such as those of the esophagus, endometrium, kidney and breast in post menopause women, prostate in men, in addition to colon, rectum and bladder. Such an association has been supported by clinical and laboratory experiments on humans and animals, respectively. The findings have revealed that obesity a… Show more

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“…Overweight and obesity have become a global epidemic affecting one third of the world's population (GBD 2015Obesity Collaborators et al 2017. Obesity is among the most common etiological factors for chronic diseases (Faris & Attlee 2015). Obesity further increases the risk and morbidity of many cancer types including breast cancer and has contributed to over 120,000 cancer-related deaths worldwide, increasing the risk of dying from cancer by 40-80% (Zheng et al 2011, Ogden et al 2014, Gallagher & Leroith 2015.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Overweight and obesity have become a global epidemic affecting one third of the world's population (GBD 2015Obesity Collaborators et al 2017. Obesity is among the most common etiological factors for chronic diseases (Faris & Attlee 2015). Obesity further increases the risk and morbidity of many cancer types including breast cancer and has contributed to over 120,000 cancer-related deaths worldwide, increasing the risk of dying from cancer by 40-80% (Zheng et al 2011, Ogden et al 2014, Gallagher & Leroith 2015.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%