Those who are overweight as a young adult may be at a greater risk of developing 18 cancers - more than the number previously linked with the disease - according to new study.
Earlier research identified a link between those who are overweight or obese with a heightened risk of diseases such as breast, bowel, kidney and pancreatic cancer.
And now carrying excess weight has been linked to leukaemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma as well as bladder, head and neck cancers, even in never-smokers, in the large study. According to study authors, these cancers have not previously been "considered as obesity-related cancers ”, with the impact of obesity on cancer “likely underestimated”.
