Obesity control in Australia is imperative, and has much to learn from tobacco-control strategies
The increasing incidence of obesity in Australia is set to impose a major additional cancer burden at a time when population ageing alone is projected to cause unprecedented growth in cancer incidence. While obesity is frequently associated with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, lipid abnormalities and death from heart disease and stroke, there is growing evidence for its role in causing cancer.
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