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Environmental ChemicalsNot Just OvereatingMay Cause Obesity
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Obesity is a known risk factor for many cancers, and it is associated with an increased rate of some malignancies and the likelihood of aggressive disease in others. So new data showing that common environmental chemicals cause obesity in animal models may alarm some oncologists.
Until now, most physicians and researchers have thought that an imbalance of food