Obesity to Become Leading Cause of Cancer Among Women in the UK

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By Julie Fidler

British health experts are predicting that obesity will eclipse smoking as the leading cause of cancer among women in the UK. Cancer Research UK writes in a new report that an estimated 23,000 women will be stricken with obesity-related cancer by 2035 – 2,000 fewer than the number of cases caused by smoking. [1]

But if current trends continue, obesity will become the #1 cause of cancer among women in Britain by 2043, according to the authors.

As it stands, smoking is behind 12.4% of cancers in UK women, while obesity is the cause of 7.5% of cases.

Among men in the UK, …read more

Source: naturalsociety.com

    

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