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The study by the American Institute for Cancer Research found that more than 100,000 cancer cases in the u-s every year can be attributed to excess body fat.
Among the types of cancer most strongly linked to obesity:
- 49 percent of all endometrial cancers
- 24 percent of all kidney cancers
- 17 percent of all breast cancers
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