A link between obesity and cancer has been hypothesized for
years, but now there is scientific evidence of a link. It is
important to note that obesity raises the risk for a variety of
diseases and ailments, including stroke, hypertension, heart
disease, diabetes and kidney failure. If one is obese, the risks
of premature death are already very high. Added cancer risk
should not be surprising. Weight loss doctors and researchers
have long asserted that both cancer and obesity are linked to
the same fundamental issue- not eating enough nutrient rich
foods New Research On The Link Between Obesity and cancer There
is a new study out of 1 million UK women, that finds that being
overweight is to blame for about 5 percent of all cancer cases-
about 6,000 out of the 120,000 cancers affecting British women
each year. The study, by researchers from the University of
Oxford, found that overweight and obese women are at higher risk
of developing and dying from cancer, including breast cancer in
postmenopausal women, col