Childhood obesity linked to cancer risk

Monday, July 23, 2012 - 14:30 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have found that obesity in adolescence, defined as a Body Mass Index in the 85th percentile and above, has a direct link to the incidence of bladder, urinary tract, and colorectal cancers in adulthood.

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