Obese cancer ‘explosion’ warning
The current generation of children faces a far higher risk of cancer later in life due to their unhealthy habits, a specialist has warned.
Professor Kathy Pritchard-Jones said western countries should prepare for an “explosion” of weight-related cancers.
The president of the European Society for Paediatric Oncology said governments should act now.
An estimated 300 million adults worldwide are currently clinically obese.
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on Feb 4th, 2009 and is filed under Children & General Health, Children & Weight Loss.
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