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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nilima Marshall

Gaining weight before 30 raises cancer risk decades later

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Gaining weight during their late teens and 20s increases a man’s risk of dying from prostate cancer later in life, early research suggests.

An analysis of data from more than 250,000 men in Sweden indicated that weight gain over the course of a man’s life was associated with developing prostate cancer overall.

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