Overweight, Obesity, and Pancreatic Cancer: Beyond Risk Alone

Overweight and obesity have well-established public health implications by increasing risk for myriad diseases, most notably cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and also play a role in increasing the risk for multiple types of cancer,¹ including pancreatic cancer.² Obesity has also been reported to be associated with poorer prognosis in multiple cancers,^3,4 perhaps most notably breast cancer.^5-8