Obesity-related cancers rising in young adults in the US

Monday, February 4, 2019 - 09:10 in Health & Medicine

A new study finds rates are increasing for six of 12 cancers related to obesity in younger adults in the United States, with steeper increases in progressively younger ages and successively younger generations. The study, appearing in The Lancet Public Health, also looked at rates for 18 cancers unrelated to obesity, and found rates increasing for […]

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