A study published in the British Medical Journal (November 2007) links cancer to body weight.
Researchers examined the effect of body mass index (BMI) on both cancer incidence and death among 1.2 million women aged 50 to 64 over five years for cancer incidence and seven years for cancer mortality.
An increasing BMI was associated with a significant increase in risk for 10 out of 17 specific types of cancer. Similarly, risk for death also increased with BMI for most types of cancer.
Arm yourself with facts like this to give you yet more reason to lose weight and keep it off.
