13 cancers are associated with overweight and obesity

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• Alternative Title:
  Thirteen cancers are associated with overweight and obesity
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of the Associate Director for Communications.
• Description:
  Overweight and obesity are associated with cancer
  
  13 cancers are associated with overweight and obesity:
  
  • Meningioma (cancer in the tissue covering brain and spinal cord)
  
  • Adenocarcinoma of the esophagus
  
  • Multiple myeloma (cancer of blood cells)
  
  • Kidneys
  
  • Uterus
  
  • Ovaries
  
  • Thyroid
  
  • Breast (post-menopausal women)
  
  • Liver
  
  • Gallbladder
  
  • Upper stomach
  
  • Pancreas
  
  • Colon and rectum
  
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• Subjects:
  Neoplasms/epidemiology Obesity
• Document Type:
  Poster
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 poster
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:dd9d97be5a5204eb091f330e089288d643b6067429b964bd04bc31b8fe7ad54c
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