Obesity in Youth Linked to Cancer WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Obesity in Youth Linked to Cancer
A recent study suggests that people who are overweight in their teens or obese in their 20s and early 30s have a higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer. Those who were obese as young adults had more than double the risk of developing this cancer as adults who have never been obese. These findings magnify the importance of weight control at a young age.1
Fast Facts:
- Over 1,500 participants were involved in this study.2
- Patients overweight from age 14 to 39 were 67% more likely to develop prostate cancer.2
- This study is published in The Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Research Notes References
- ↑ New York Times: Obesity in Young Adulthood May Raise Pancreatic Cancer Risk (June 23, 2009)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 WebMD: Youthful Obesity Linked to Pancreatic Cancer (June 23, 2009)
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- Contributor: Amy Sandhu
- Reviewer: Emily Lapkin
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Amy Sandhu
- Reviewer: Emily Lapkin
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Cancer Linked to Youth Obesity, Youth Obesity Linked to Prostate Cancer
- Last update: Jun. 30, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
