UK obesity epidemic fuelling rise in womb cancer, charity warns

Rising levels of obesity in the UK may be a key factor behind an increase in the number of women diagnosed with womb cancer.

That's according to the charity Cancer Research UK.

Figures show the number of cases of womb cancer have risen more than 50 percent in the last two decades, and some scientists suggest Britain's growing weight problem could be to blame.

Our UK correspondent Martha Holeyman reports.


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