Obesity ‘causes more cases of some cancers than smoking’

Cancer Research UK accused of ‘fat shaming’ in its new campaign

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Being overweight now causes more cases of four common cancers in the UK than cigarettes, according to a major new study.

Cancer Research UK found that obesity is a bigger cause of bowel, kidney, ovarian and liver cancer than tobacco. It is warning that millions of people are at risk of cancer because of their weight and that obese people outnumber smokers two to one.

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