Obesity is an established risk factor for cancer at 13 anatomical sites and given its growing prevalence worldwide, obesity may contribute to a growing number of incident cancers in the coming decades. The established link between obesity and cancer raises important questions regarding translation of this knowledge into effective preventive measures. In this webinar we will discuss how we might effectively tackle the obesity-cancer link. First, we will provide an overview of current understanding on the epidemiology and biology of the obesity-cancer relationship as well as important outstanding research questions. Second, we will discuss the challenges of ongoing and future interventions aimed at breaking the obesity-cancer link and explore what can be done at both the societal and individual level to tackle the obesity crisis and its impact on the cancer burden.
World Cancer Report Webinar Series – Obesity and Cancer
