cases of cancer excess weight · america 44,000 globally 481,000 * cases of cancer are attributed...
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WESTERN EUROPE58,000
NORTH AMERICA111,000
ANALYSIS BY 12 REGIONS OF THE WORLD SHOWS THAT THE NORTH AMERICAN REGION CONTRIBUTED THE MOST CASES
EAST ASIA70,000
EASTERN EUROPE66,000
SOUTHERN EUROPE41,000
NORTHERN EUROPE30,000
SOUTH- CENTRAL
ASIA 15,000
SOUTH-EAST ASIA 10,000
OCEANIA7,500
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 7,300
MIDDLE EAST & NORTHERN AFRICA 22,000
LATIN AMERICA44,000
GLOBALLY 481,000*
CASES OF CANCER ARE ATTRIBUTED
TO EXCESS WEIGHT
60%
10%
20%
30%40%
70% 80% 90%
50%
EXCESS BODY WEIGHT IS LINKED TO AN INCREASED RISK OF CANCERGLOBALLY 118,000 CASES OF CANCER COULD BE PREVENTED IF BMI LEVELS REMAINED AT 1982 LEVELS
WOMB, POST-MENOPAUSAL
BREAST & COLON CANCERS
ACCOUNTED FOR 63%
OF CANCERS ATTRIBUTED
TO EXCESS WEIGHT
345,000 CASES IN WOMEN
136,000CASES IN MEN
CANCER RISK & WEIGHT
* 2012 data
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