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According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as much as 40 percent of U.S. cancer diagnoses are linked to obesity.
Director of the CDC Brenda Fitzgerald says, “A majority of American adults weigh more than recommended – and being overweight or obese puts people at higher risk for a number of cancers – so these findings are a cause for concern.”
In 2014 the number of individuals who were diagnosed with cancer with links to obesity were over 630,000.
Almost 55% of female cases, and 24% of male cases were linked to obesity, mostly over the ages of 50 years old.
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