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To the Editor: In the abstract of their article on overweight, obesity, and mortality from cancer, Calle et al. (April 24 issue)¹ conclude, "Increased body weight was associated with increased death rates for all cancers combined and for cancers at multiple specific sites." However, if one looks at the data for men (alas, this does not hold true for women), one sees that the relative risk of cancer among men who were "grade 1 overweight" (body-mass index [the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters], 25.0 to 29.9), as compared with men in the "normal . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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