Global, regional, and national burden of cancers attributable to excess body weight in 204 countries and territories, 1990 to 2019.
Saeid SafiriNahid KaramzadJay S KaufmanSeyed Aria NejadghaderiNicola Luigi BragazziMark J M SullmanAmir Almasi-HashianiMohammad Ali MansourniaGary Stephen CollinsAli-Asghar KolahiAhmedin JemalPublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2022)
Overall, the EBW-attributable burden of cancers has increased in the past three decades. Public health efforts should focus on identifying appropriate preventive interventions at the population and individual levels, especially in the regions and countries with the highest burden.