Obesity-Related Cancer

Bariatric surgery did not reduce risk for obesity-related cancer or cardiovascular disease compared with nonoperative treatment among adults aged at least 60 years, according to results of a population-based cohort study.

ORLANDO — Adults with obesity who reduce their body weight lower their odds for developing an obesity-related cancer, according to data presented at the American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions.

CHICAGO — Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists lowered the risk for obesity-related cancers compared with bariatric surgery among individuals with a BMI of at least 35, according to data presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

Higher BMI increased the risk for obesity-related cancer among a cohort of European adults, irrespective of cardiometabolic disease status, according to study results.

The 2018 introduction of calorie labels to restaurant menus appears to have yielded a net reduction in caloric intake of 20 to 60 calories per meal among Americans, potentially reducing risk for obesity-associated cancers.

Metabolically healthy and unhealthy obesity appeared associated with increased risk for various obesity-associated cancer types, according to study results presented at European Congress on Obesity.

Obesity-related cancer mortality rates tended to be higher in counties with limited access to grocery stores or greater access to fast food, according to data published in JAMA Oncology.

SAN FRANCISCO — The newly reignited Cancer Moonshot is centered on the goal to reduce cancer deaths by 50% over the next 25 years.

Obesity is the root cause of at least 237 health conditions and 22 cancers, according to a speaker at the Obesity Medicine Association Spring Conference.

Among adults with obesity, those who lost weight intentionally with bariatric surgery had significantly less obesity-related cancer and cancer-related mortality than those who did not have surgery, researchers reported in JAMA.