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Obesity and cancer

Obesity has been revealed as one of the biggest causers of cancer in new research produced by Cancer Research UK. Smoking is currently believed to be the largest single contributing factor in cases of cancer, amounting to around 23% of male sufferers and in 15.6% in females.

Being overweight has been found to be a significant [...]

Genetic obesity may not be a life sentence

The good news is that even if obesity runs in your family and you are genetically predisposed to overweight, you are not condemned to a lifetime of flab.  For a long time the general assumption has been that a large percentage of people who suffer from obesity are genetically programmed with the problem and have [...]