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WHO guidelines on waist circumference and physical activity and their joint association with cancer risk

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  • Patricia Bohmann Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Michael J Stein Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Amina Amadou Department of Prevention Cancer Environment, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France Radiation: Defense, Health, Environment, INSERM Unit U1296, Lyon, France PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Hansjörg Baurecht Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Béatrice Fervers Department of Prevention Cancer Environment, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France Radiation: Defense, Health, Environment, INSERM Unit U1296, Lyon, France PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Emma Fontvieille Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Heinz Freisling Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Christine Friedenreich Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Departments of Oncology and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Julian Konzok Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Laia Peruchet-Noray Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Barcelona Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Michael F Leitzmann Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Anja M Sedlmeier Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany Center for Translational Oncology, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany Bavarian Cancer Research Center (BZKF), Regensburg, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Andrea Weber Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Patricia Bohmann; patricia.bohmann{at}ukr.de
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Citation

Bohmann P, Stein MJ, Amadou A, et al
WHO guidelines on waist circumference and physical activity and their joint association with cancer risk
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2025;59:360-366.

Publication history

  • Accepted November 22, 2024
  • First published January 22, 2025.
Online issue publication 
March 03, 2025

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