Obesity-related Cancer cases on the rise: Study

A new research has revealed that obesity contributes to cancer cases as well. Obesity leads to 480,000 new cancer cases or 3.6 per cent cases in adults per year. The number of cancer cases due to obesity is higher in developed countries, the report said. It also said that almost two-thirds or 64 per cent of these cases are found in North America and Europe. In North America, around 111,000 new obesity-related cancer cases were reported in 2012. This is nearly ...