According to a study conducted by researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, overweight and obese people are at greater risk of developing the 10 most common cancers, including uterus, cervix, thyroid, kidney, liver and colon.
The findings – published in the Lancet medical journal – also found that a person’s Body Mass Index (BMI) was linked to 17 out of 22 cancers, with post-menopausal breast cancer and leukaemia at heightened risk.
It also suggested that growing obesity levels could lead to 3,790 more cancer sufferers per year.