Our big fat cancer statistics.A new analysis of data on people's health finds obesity to be the second-largest cause of cancer in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , contributing to 10 percent of all cancers. Tobacco is responsible for 30 percent of cancer cases. Unlike smoking, however, obesity is on the rise. Moreover, being severely overweight can increase a person's risk of developing at least eight types of cancer. Graham Colditz of Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. in Boston reanalyzed a 2002 reporting waistlines. [GRAPHIC OMITTED] Poor diet and lack of exercise, regardless of weight, can also increase a person's chance of developing cancer, Colditz says. He adds that other cancer culprits include pollutants pollutants see environmental pollution. , toxins in food, and infectious agents infectious agent Pathogen, see there .--K.G. |
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