OBESITY increases the risk of more than twice as many cancers than previously thought, landmark research shows.
Global experts are warning of a health time bomb after a study tracking four million people over 40 years concluded that 19 more cancers were linked to being badly overweight.
Until now it was thought only 13, including of the breast, liver and pancreas, were being driven by obesity rates.
The ground-breaking study takes the total of weight-linked cancers to 32.
And it means carrying extra weight increases the risk of getting 40% of cancers.
The previous review by the International Agency for Research on Cancer in 2016 said it increased the risk of 25%.
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