Fig. 1.

Flow-chart for decision making of inclusion of a cancer as potentially obesity related. A two-sided α-level of 0.05 for an increased cancer risk in obesity vs. normal weight or per 5 kg/m² higher body mass index was used to indicate a cancer as obesity-related. In a final step amongst cancers in grey-shaded circles, any remaining cancer subtypes overlapping with an established obesity-related cancer, e.g. gastric-cardia and gallbladder cancer, were excluded. Potential obesity-related cancers are listed for men and women separately on the right side, with cancers included for both men and women in italics.