Those who are overweight as a young adult may be at a greater risk of developing 18 cancers - more than the number previously linked with the disease - according to new study.
Earlier research identified a link between those who are overweight or obese with a heightened risk of diseases such as breast, bowel, kidney and pancreatic cancer.
And now carrying excess weight has been linked to leukaemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma as well as bladder, head and neck cancers, even in never-smokers, in the large study.
According to study authors, these cancers have not previously been "considered as obesity-related cancers ”, with the impact of obesity on cancer “likely underestimated”.Published in Nature Communications, the new study involved the examination of health data on more than 2.6million Spanish adults aged 40 and under.
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