Obesity is now linked to at least 13 types of cancer, making it one of the most preventable cancer risk factors in the United States.

BOSTON - Patients who are overweight when they're first diagnosed with cancer may be at higher risk of developing a second cancer. Investigators at the American Cancer Society looked at data on nearly ...

Postmenopausal obesity increases ER-positive breast cancer risk, particularly in non-HRT users, while premenopausal overweight may lower risk.

Researchers say more than a quarter of the global burden of breast cancer may be linked to lifestyle factors that people can potentially change.

Individuals transitioning from overweight to obese in adulthood may have a higher ovarian cancer risk, emphasizing the need for primary prevention strategies. The study identified three BMI trajectory ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Breast cancer patients who are overweight have more aggressive disease and are likely to die sooner, U.S. researchers reported on Friday. A dangerous type of breast cancer, ...

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Being very overweight in your teens may double the risk of developing bowel cancer by the time you are middle aged, suggests research published online in the journal Gut. And a high level of an ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Overweight and obese women are at increased risk of breast cancer and of being diagnosed with advanced disease, according to results of a large study published Wednesday in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Being overweight as a child, teenager and young adult has been linked to a higher risk of bowel cancer in adulthood, researchers ...

A study published in Gut claims young overweight or obese men run a higher risk of developing severe liver disease or liver cancer later in life. Dr. Hannes Hagström, of the Stockholm, Sweden-based ...