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The observation that energy intake, and consequently body weight, have a role in the process of carcinogenesis was made in the early 1940’s on animal experiments: rodents fed at libitum had a higher cancer incidence than animals with restricted calorie intake (Tannenbaum, 1940).
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La Vecchia, C., Negri, E. (1992). Public Education on Diet and Cancer: Calories, Weight and Exercise. In: Benito, E., Giacosa, A., Hill, M.J. (eds) Public Education on Diet and Cancer. Developments in Oncology, vol 70. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2986-2_10
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