The New York Times Health section highlighted a study soon to be published in The Journal of the American Medical Association indicated that obesity accounts for 27 percent of the pancreatic cancer risk. Smoking and diabetes also increased the risk of pancreatic cancer, however, obesity was the leading cause.
In 2000, the South Asian Public Health Association published a Brown Paper reporting obesity as a leading chronic disease concern amongst South Asian Americans. With now obesity being a factor in pancreatic cancer, what does this mean for SAA?
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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