WESTERN EUROPE58,000

NORTH AMERICA111,000

ANALYSIS BY 12 REGIONS OF THE WORLD SHOWS THAT THE NORTH AMERICAN REGION CONTRIBUTED THE MOST CASES

EAST ASIA70,000

EASTERN EUROPE66,000

SOUTHERN EUROPE41,000

NORTHERN EUROPE30,000

SOUTH- CENTRAL

ASIA 15,000

SOUTH-EAST ASIA 10,000

OCEANIA7,500

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 7,300

MIDDLE EAST & NORTHERN AFRICA 22,000

LATIN AMERICA44,000

GLOBALLY 481,000*

CASES OF CANCER ARE ATTRIBUTED

TO EXCESS WEIGHT

60%

10%

20%

30%40%

70% 80% 90%

50%

EXCESS BODY WEIGHT IS LINKED TO AN INCREASED RISK OF CANCERGLOBALLY 118,000 CASES OF CANCER COULD BE PREVENTED IF BMI LEVELS REMAINED AT 1982 LEVELS

WOMB, POST-MENOPAUSAL

BREAST & COLON CANCERS

ACCOUNTED FOR 63%

OF CANCERS ATTRIBUTED

TO EXCESS WEIGHT

345,000 CASES IN WOMEN

136,000CASES IN MEN

CANCER RISK & WEIGHT

* 2012 data

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