Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Recent decades have seen an unprecedented rise in
obesity, and the health impact thereof is increasingly evident. In 2014, worldwide, more than …

Excess body adiposity, commonly expressed as body mass index (BMI), is a risk factor for
many common adult cancers. Over the past decade, epidemiological data have shown that …

Importance Data describing the effects of weight gain across adulthood on overall health are
important for weight control. Objective To examine the association of weight gain from early …

The number of cancer cases caused by being obese is estimated to be 20% with the
increased risk of malignancies being influenced by diet, weight change, and body fat …

Purpose The purpose of the present study was to systematically review the complex
associations between energy balance-related factors and breast cancer risk, for which …

Background: Adiposity, measured by body mass index, is implicated in carcinogenesis.
While adult weight gain has diverse advantages over body mass index in measuring …

In view of the growing global obesity epidemic, this paper reviews the relation between
recent trends in body mass index (BMI) and the changing profile of cancer worldwide. By …

To assess the joint relationships among body mass index, menopausal status, and breast
cancer according to breast cancer subtype and estrogen-progestin medication use, we …

Background: Overweight and obesity are associated with breast cancer mortality. However,
the relationship between postdiagnosis weight gain and mortality is unclear. We conducted …

Despite a greater risk of cancer associated with higher BMI, overweight (BMI 25–< 30 kg/m2)
and class I obese (BMI 30–< 35 kg/m2) patients often have a paradoxically lower risk of …