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Články z ScienceDailyExcess Body Weight Causes Over 124,000 New Cancers A Year In Europe: New Estimates

27. 9 2009 (05:45)

At least 124,000 new cancers in 2008 in Europe may have been caused by excess body weight, according to estimates from a new modeling study. The proportion of cases of new cancers attributable to a body mass index of 25kg/m2 or more were highest among women and in central European countries such as the Czech Republic, Latvia, Slovenia and Bulgaria.