© 2003 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 95, No. 10, 707,
May 21, 2003
© 2003 Oxford University Press
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Excess Body Weight Associated With Higher Risk of Cancer Mortality
Being overweight may increase a persons risk of dying from cancer, according to the largest prospective study to date on the association between excess body weight and cancer.
Eugenia E. Calle, Ph.D., and her colleagues from the American Cancer Society followed 404,576 men and 495,477 women over a 16-year period and found that men and women who were among the heaviest (defined by a body mass index
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