Describe the role of excess weight in cancer development and death
What will be an ideal response?
Based on estimates, excess weight accounts for 14- 20% of deaths from cancer. Furthermore, obese men and women have a more than 50% increased risk for dying from any form of cancer. Adult weight gain increases the risk for many cancers, including those of the breast, colon/rectum, endometrium, and kidney. Obesity may also increase the risk for pancreatic, gallbladder, ovarian, thyroid, and cervical cancers. Investigators theorize that excess weight raises levels of hormones that stimulate tumor growth in the body.
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The combining form that means hymen is ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The solid part of the blood contains ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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A. a cognitive objective. B. a psychomotor objective. C. an affective objective. D. a combination of all of these.