Additionally, after accounting for BMI, high WC still remained a risk factor for obesity-related cancer in men. This suggests that the elevated risk associated with abdominal adiposity is specific ...

New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for obesity-related cancers — but only for men, not for women. Experts weighed in.

Some risk factors for endometrial cancer, like your genes, are out of your control. But one of the biggest drivers is something you can take steps to change: excess body fat. Obesity raises your ...

In recent weeks, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said that "very, very strong studies" link ...

They can be life-saving but radiation from the scans also contributes to cancer risk. The authors of a new study estimate ...

Nonsmokers diagnosed with obesity-related cancers had lower risk for death if they adhered to American Cancer Society nutrition and physical activity guideline for cancer survivors, according to ...

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) and published in The Journal of Internal Medicine shows that, in survivors of breast ...

CNIO researchers found that in mice on high-fat diets, cancer cells in the bloodstream use platelets as a protective shield, ...

Adults who develop new-onset type 2 diabetes may have increased risk for obesity-related cancers compared with those without ...

Patients with obesity often report being shamed and stigmatized in medical settings. How can physicians address weight ...

A kind of cancer that strikes the throat is one of the fastest growing among men and it often comes after much heartburn.