Article: New colon cancer risk factors research has been reported by scientists at Liverpool John Moores University, Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Science.

New investigation results, 'Lifestyle factors and colorectal cancer risk (1): systematic review and meta-analysis of associations with body mass index,' are detailed in a study published in Colorectal Disease. "Excess body weight, defined by body mass index (BMI), may increase the risk of colorectal cancer. As a prerequisite to the determination of lifestyle attributable risks, we undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective observational studies to quantify colorectal cancer risk associated with increased BMI and explore for differences by gender, sub-site and study characteristics," scientists in Liverpool, the United Kingdom report (see also Colon ...

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