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Sep 27, 2024
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TN_Coug meh
40% of all cancers in the US are from 13 forms of cancer that are related to obesity.
Cancer

Obesity and Cancer

Being overweight or having obesity increases your risk of getting cancer.

https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/risk-factors/obesity.html


In fact, the warning for increased risk medullary thyroid cancers may not be true either:

Medicalnewstoday

GLP-1 agonist drugs like Ozempic do not increase thyroid cancer risk

New research from Sweden has found that GLP-1 agonist drugs used to treat diabetes and obesity are unlikely to increase thyroid cancer risk, as some previous studies had suggested.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/glp-1-drugs-for-diabetes-and-weight-loss-unlikely-to-affect-thyroid-cancer-risk
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