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- Body weight- tips for parents
- Breast cancer - risk factors
- Healthy eating tips - ideas for meal times
- Obesity, body weight and cancer
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- Ten Top Tips for a healthy weight - based on scientific evidence
- Walking your way to better health
- What causes cancer?
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- Body weight and cancer: the evidence
- Bodyweight and risk of cancer in the UK - statistics
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- Healthy eating tips - understanding food labels
- Our impact on breast cancer
- Physical activity tips - Keep on moving
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- The causes of obesity - genes, behaviour and the environment
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Latest Obesity and bodyweight news from Cancer Research UK
- Press Release: Cigarettes, diet, alcohol and obesity behind more than 100,000 cancers
7 December 2011 - News story: Teenage BMI 'associated with future risk of cancer death in men'
16 June 2011 - Press Release: Scientists unlock secret to overeating
12 January 2009 - News story: Government announces new anti-obesity strategy
24 January 2008 - News story: Weight gain linked to breast cancers says study
22 May 2006 - Press Release: Pupils' puppy fat leads to adult obesity
4 May 2006 - Press Release: Genes contribute to obesity lifestyles
18 May 2004
- Press Release: Medics miss key opportunities to prevent cancers linked to obesity
8 November 2011 - News story: Over 124,000 cancers caused by excess body weight in Europe last year
24 September 2009 - News story: Study links obesity to more cancers
18 February 2008 - Press Release: The thin stay thin while the fat are getting fatter
9 October 2007 - News story: GPs to take obesity battle to patients
5 May 2006 - Press Release: Switching to vegetarianism keeps weight down
14 March 2006
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