Having a greater weight at birth, or a higher body size as a child, adolescent or young adult, is associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer in later life, according to new analysis by World Cancer Research Fund International.
This work is part of the Global Cancer Update Programme (CUP Global). The paper is published in the International Journal of Cancer.
The review was conducted by researchers at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. It is the first review to analyse and judge all the research examining how factors such as weight, height and body size in early life relate to our risk of bowel cancer as we get older. The results of the study were judged by our CUP Global Expert Panel.
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