Are you overweight and obese? Be warned, as you may be at an increased risk of developing eight more forms of cancer, including stomach, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, ovary, meningioma - a type of brain tumour - thyroid cancer and the blood cancer multiple myeloma, says a review.
The findings showed that for most of the cancers on the newly expanded list, the higher the body-mass index, or BMI, the greater was the risk of developing cancers.
"The burden of cancer due to being overweight or obese is more extensive than what has been assumed," said Graham Colditz, cancer prevention expert at Washington University.
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