27/09/2017
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is pleased to announce the publication of a new IARC Working Group Report. The report, entitled Energy Balance and Obesity, reviews the drivers of obesity, including the roles of excess energy intake and specific foods and nutrients in the global obesity epidemic. The report is the result of the collaborative work of 17 international experts and is based on the latest scientific evidence.
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Energy Balance and Obesity
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Dr Isabelle Romieu, Senior Visiting Scientist in the Section of Nutrition and Metabolism at IARC and one of the editors of the Working Group Report on Energy Balance and Obesity, highlights the key findings in this new report. |
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Professor Walter C. Willett of the Harvard Chan School of Public Health, who is an editor of the Working Group Report on Energy Balance and Obesity, presents the most important measure to control the global obesity epidemic. |
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