The correlation between the overweight and the risk of cancer pathology

Abstract

Ukraine is currently ranked second in Europe in terms of the rate of detection of malignant disease among the population. According to the National Cancer Registry Bulletin one of four men and one of six women under the age of 40 years identify cancer during preventive check-ups and diagnostic procedures because of other diseases. WHO researches devoted to the study of factors that contribute to the development of neoplastic disease, attach great importance to the overweight. However, the analysis of the scientific literature pointed to the shortage of statistical data on the correlation between.