title: The skinny on obesity and cancer. Obesity increases the risk of death from cancer, but being overweight isn't inescapable.
authors.forename: George L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Blackburn
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D012737:Sex Factors; D015431:Weight Loss