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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.
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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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Subject:
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Neoplasms/epidemiology
Obesity

Document Type:
Poster
Genre:
Infographic
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
Main Document Checksum:
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