The risk was two to three times higher in people born in 1990 for pancreatic, kidney and small intestine cancers, compared to people born in 1955. Liver cancer diagnoses in women followed the same pattern. About 20% of cancer diagnoses in the U.S. are linked to excess body weight, according to the American Cancer Society. Obesity rates in the nation changed little in the 1960s and 1970s but increased sharply after that. Among children, obesity rates grew from 5% to 17% in the same period.

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Persons: Sung, —, ”, Andrea Cercek, ” Brawley, Otis Brawley, it’s, ” Cercek Organizations: North American Association of Central Cancer, U.S . National Center for Health Statistics –, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, “, Bloomberg, Oncology, Epidemiology Johns Hopkins University, American Cancer Society, Centers for Disease Control Locations: U.S