Obesity responsible for 100,000 cancer cases annually-CNN

And fast/junk/convenience/comfort foods are the main reasons for obesity.

Avoidence of irregular eating habits, eating snacks whenver one feels like are other major causes of obesity.

Why can’t we avoid it?

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CNN) — More than 100,000 cases of cancer each year are caused by excess body fat, according to a report released Thursday in Washington.

Researchers with the American Institute for Cancer Research looked at seven cancers with known links to obesity and calculated actual case counts that were likely to have been caused by obesity.

Specifically, the report says that 49 percent of endometrial cancers are caused by excess body fat. That number is followed by 35 percent of esophageal cancer cases; 28 percent of pancreatic cancer cases; 24 percent of kidney cancer cases; 21 percent of gallbladder cancer cases; 17 percent of breast cancer cases; and 9 percent of colorectal cancer cases.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/05/obesity.cancer.link/index.html

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