Obesity and Metabolism: Weight Gain and the Growing Risk of Cancer During this holiday season with its tempting bounty of edible delights, new research calls attention to the role of the expanding American waistline in health and medicine. Today, researchers at the American Association for Cancer Research's Sixth Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, being held from December 5 to 8 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, present some of the latest research linking obesity, diabetes and metabolism to cancer risk. Their findings link weight gain and diabetes to a variety of cancers affecting both men and women, including breast, prostate and colorectal cancer. AACR Press Release, December 2007 Diabetes/Hyper-Insulinemia & Risk of Colon Ca WOMEN Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, Decembet 2007 Abstract B93 Remember we are NOT Doctors and have NO medical training. This site is like an Encylopedia - there are many pages, many links on many topics. Support our work with any size DONATION - see left side of any page - for how to donate. You can help raise awareness of CAM.