Rising global burden of cancer attributable to high BMI from 2010 to 2019

• Main Authors: Tan, Darren Jun Hao, Ng, Cheng Han, Muthiah, Mark, Yong, Jie Ning, Chee, Douglas, Teng, Margaret, Wong, Zhen Yu, Zeng, Rebecca Wenling, Chin, Yip Han, Wang, Jiong-Wei, Danpanichkul, Pojsakorn, Rajaram, Ruveena Bhavani, DasGupta, Ramanuj, Suzuki, Hiroyuki, Takahashi, Hirokazu, Tamaki, Nobuharu, Dan, Yock Young, Lui, Rashid, Duseja, Ajay, Siddiqui, Mohammad Shadab, Yeoh, Khay Guan, Sanyal, Arun, Wijarnpreecha, Karn, Loomba, Rohit, Mantzoros, Christos Socrates, Huang, Daniel Q.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2024
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/45921/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2023.155744

Background: High body mass index (BMI) is a major risk factor for cancer development, but its impact on the global burden of cancer remains unclear. Methods: We estimated global and regional temporal trends in the burden of cancer attributable to high BMI, and the contributions of various cancer typ...