00931nam a2200109Ia 4500080002200000245008900022260006500111300001600176500004400192520056300236583002200799  aLRC 15.04.02 I612  aIARC handbooks of cancer prevention  Volume 6 : weight control and physical activity  bInternational Agency for Research on Cancer P.aLyonFRc2002  axii, 315 p.  aLocated in the Learning Resource Centre  aReviews various studies that examine the correlation between weight control combined with physical activity, and the incidence of various human cancers.  Reports positive correlation between avoidance of weight gain and cancer-preventive effect in breast cancer in post-menopausal women; cancers of the colon, endometrium, kidney and oesophagus.  Reports similar relationship between engaging in physical activity and cancers in the colon and breast.  Identifies other benefits of engaging in weight control and physical activity; as well as adverse effects.  c10/9/02kEVELYN_D