Cancer Research UK

Many obese people turn a blind eye to health risks

Published in Physician Law Weekly, February 8th, 2006

More than a quarter of obese and overweight people do not want to lose weight and many more are unaware of the benefits brought by a healthy lifestyle, a new survey by Cancer Research UK reveals.

More than half of the 4,000 men and women surveyed were overweight or obese. But 87% of obese people and 32% of overweight people failed to identify their correct weight category. Being obese or overweight increases cancer risk. But 71% of those at risk because of their weight did not know of the cancer connection.

Cancer Research UK has joined forces with the charity Weight Concern to develop Ten Top Tips: a set of weight management guidelines that can be...

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Source: Physician Law Weekly (2006-02-08)

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