Obesity is a significant risk factor for many chronic diseases, including cancer. Obesity is linked to about 4% to 8% of all cancers diagnosed annually in the United States. But is this message being communicated to patients?
Obesity and health
A new study is changing everything, finding that obesity significantly increases a person’s risk of death. A researcher from CU Boulder warns that obesity raises a person’s risk of death by anywhere from 22 to a staggering 91 percent. And what are we doing about it? Nothing