Obesity linked to 13 cancers, the linkage is probably vitamin D

Fact: Obesity lowers vitamin D

Fact: Low vitamin D increases the risk of many diseases – such as cancers

Examples of web reporting

• Another Reason To Diet: Experts Find Additional Evidence Of Obesity-Cancer Link Kaiser

• Obesity Is Linked to at Least 13 Types of Cancer New York Times

Publisher wants $20 for the study

DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsr1606602

See also VitaminDWiki

• Obesity increases Cancer - perhaps due to low vitamin D - many articles

• Obesity causes 20 percent of all cancer, low vitamin D may be the connection – meta-analysis - Sept 2014

• Getting little UV is associated with 15 types of Cancer – Jan 2012

• Overview Cancer and vitamin D which has the following chart

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