Body mass index and waist circumference in relation to the risk of 26 types of cancer: a prospective cohort study of 3.5 million adults in Spain
A new prospective study by scientists from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), in collaboration with researchers from the Fundación Instituto Universitario para la Investigación en Atención Primaria de Salud Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol) in Barcelona, Spain, found that a higher body mass index (BMI) was associated with a higher risk of developing 12 cancer types.