New research from the Harvard School of Public Health shows that American levels of overweight and obesity may be responsible for 10 percent of all cancers. In addition to causing elevated rates of diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, researchers believe that if no Americans were overweight or obese the United States would see a…
- 14 percent reduction in colon cancer
- 11 percent reduction of breast cancer
- 49 percent reduction in endometrial cancer
- 31 percent reduction in kidney cancer
- 39 percent reduction in esophageal cancer
- 14 percent reduction in pancreas cancer
