Body Fatness and Cancer — Viewpoint of the IARC Working Group

Abstract

The International Agency for Research on Cancer convened a workshop on the relationship between body fatness and cancer, from which an IARC handbook on the topic will appear. An executive summary of the evidence is presented.

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International agencyCancerAgency (philosophy)Group (periodic table)Environmental healthPsychologyMedicineInternal medicineSociologySocial science

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Year: 2016
Type: article
Volume: 375
Issue: 8
Pages: 794-798
Citations: 3297
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                                    Béatrice Secretan, 
                                
                                    Chiara Scoccianti, 
                                
                                    Dana Loomis
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2016). 
                            Body Fatness and Cancer — Viewpoint of the IARC Working Group. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 375
                            (8)
                            , 794-798.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmsr1606602
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmsr1606602