SynthesisNutrition and cancer2012
Estimation of cancer incidence and mortality attributable to overweight, obesity, and physical inactivity in China.
Synthesis in Nutrition and cancer, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.
- How Have Researchers Estimated the Impact of Excess Weight on Mortality? A Systematic Review.Current obesity reports · 2026Pooled it
- Premorbid Obesity and Mortality in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2016Pooled it
- Association between FTO gene polymorphism and cancer risk: evidence from 16,277 cases and 31,153 controls.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2012Pooled it
- Trends and burden of colon and rectum cancer attributable to low physical activity in China: a comprehensive analysis from 1990 to 2021.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2026Article
- Body mass index and breast cancer risk in premenopausal and postmenopausal East Asian women: a pooled analysis of 13 cohort studies.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2024Article
- 24-H movement behaviours research in Chinese population: A scoping review.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2024Article
- Burden of cancer attributable to modifiable factors in Japan in 2015.Global health & medicine · 2022Article
- Cancer Burden in China during 1990-2019: Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease.BioMed research international · 2022Article
- Social vulnerabilities as risk factor of childhood obesity development and their role in prevention programs.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2021Review
- Association between daytime napping and obesity in Chinese middle-aged and older adults.Journal of global health · 2020Article
- Activating transcription factor 3 inhibits endometrial carcinoma aggressiveness via JunB suppression.International journal of oncology · 2020Article
- Cancers Attributable to Overweight and Obesity From 2012 to 2014 in Nigeria: A Population-Based Cancer Registry Study.Frontiers in oncology · 2019Article
- Preventable fractions of colon and breast cancers by increasing physical activity in Brazil: perspectives from plausible counterfactual scenarios.Cancer epidemiology · 2018Article
- Attributable causes of colorectal cancer in China.BMC cancer · 2018Article
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- Recent advances in the link between physical activity, sedentary behavior, physical fitness, and colorectal cancer.F1000Research · 2017Review
- Impact of known risk factors on endometrial cancer burden in Chinese women.European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) · 2016Article
- Body Mass Index Is Positively Associated with Endometrial Cancer in Chinese Women, Especially Prior to Menopause.Journal of Cancer · 2016Article
- Estimating population attributable fractions to quantify the health burden of obesity.Annals of epidemiology · 2015Review
- Longitudinal trends in prostate cancer incidence, mortality, and survival of patients from two Shanghai city districts: a retrospective population-based cohort study, 2000-2009.BMC public health · 2014Article
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Abstract
The objective was to provide an evidence-based, systematic assessment of the burden of cancer due to overweight/obesity and physical inactivity in China. This study evaluated the proportion of cancers of colon, rectum, pancreas, breast (postmenopausal), endometrium, and kidney attributable to overweight [30 kg/m(2) > body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25 kg/m(2))/obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m(2)) and physical inactivity in China in 2005. Data of prevalence of overweight/obesity and lack of physical activity were derived from cross-sectional surveys among representative samples of Chinese population, and data of relative risks on cancers were derived from meta-analyses or large-scale studies from China and East Asian populations. The attributable fractions were calculated by combining both data of prevalence and relative risks. In China in 2005, 0.32% of cancer deaths and 0.65% of cancer cases were attributable to overweight and obesity combined. Lack of physical activity was responsible for 0.27% of cancer deaths and 0.39% of cancer cases. Future projections indicate that the contribution of overweight and obesity to the overall cancer burden will increase in the next decades. The largest increased attributable fractions will be for endometrial cancer. The increase in attributable fractions would be greater in men and in rural populations. Although the current burden of cancer associated with overweight/obesity and physical inactivity is still relatively small in China, it is expected to increase in the future.
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