Heavier and taller children are more likely to develop kidney cancer as adults than their averagesized peers

Heavier and taller children are more likely to develop kidney cancer as adults than their average-sized peers

20:00 EDT 27 Apr 2019 | AAAS

(European Association for the Study of Obesity) A study of more than 300,000 individuals in Denmark, presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity in Glasgow, Scotland (April 28-May 1), reveals that heavier and taller children are at greater risk than their average-sized peers of developing the kidney cancer renal cell carcinoma (RCC) as adults.

Heavier and taller children are more likely to develop kidney cancer as adults than their averagesized peers

Heavier and taller children are more likely to develop kidney cancer as adults than their average-sized peers

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