Body Fatness and Cancer — Viewpoint of the IARC Working Group

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Authors

Béatrice Secretan · Centre International de Recherche sur le Cancer

Chiara Scoccianti · Centre International de Recherche sur le Cancer

Dana Loomis · Centre International de Recherche sur le Cancer

Yann Grosse · Centre International de Recherche sur le Cancer

Franca Bianchini · Heidelberg University

Kurt Straíf · Centre International de Recherche sur le Cancer

Abstract

The International Agency for Research on Cancer convened a workshop on the relationship between body fatness and cancer, from which an IARC handbook on the topic will appear. An executive summary of the evidence is presented.

Topics & Keywords

Cancer Risks and Factors Nutrition and Health in Aging Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Partnerships for the goals

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 375, Issue 8, pp. 794-798

DOI: 10.1056/nejmsr1606602

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