The link between cancer and obesity

It is very possible, and probably even true, that a high level of excess body fat - obesity - does actually cause some cancers

If no one was overweight or obese, the data shows we would avoid:
14% of colon cancers (14,000 cases)
11% of breast cancer (over 18,000 cases)
49% of endometrial cancer (almost 20,000 cases)
31% of kidney cancer (over 11,000 cases)
39% of esophageal cancer (5,500 cases)
14% percent of pancreas cancers (4,500 cases)
20% of non-Hodgkin lymphoma cases (over 11,000 cases)
17% of multiple myeloma cases

Dr. Graham Coldtiz, from the Harvard School of Public Health stated that "We can clearly conclude that adult overweight and obesity cause cancer, and increasing rates of obesity in the US are continuing to drive up the burden of these cancers."

That's a very strong statement - that obesity causes cancer.


Data taken from data from the Nurses' Health Study II by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health.