Obesity and cancer third most important risk factor for cancer in the United States, just behind tobacco and diet (see Figure). Obesity is the source of about 15% of all preventable cancers. In 2018, Chinese researchers performed a systematic review and comprehensive quantitative meta‐analysis of cohort studies reporting body mass index (BMI) and the risk of 23 cancer types, providing epidemiological evidence supporting the association between BMI and cancer risk. The strongest positive association between BMI and cancer risk was found among patients in North America. The mechanisms by which obesity may increase the risk of cancer are not well understood, but it
The North and the South; or, Slavery and Its Contrasts The North and the South; or, Slavery and Its Contrasts The North and the South; or, Slavery and Its Contrasts is an 1852 plantation fiction novel by Caroline Rush, and among the first examples of the genre, alongside others such as "Aunt Phillis's Cabin" by Mary Henderson Eastman and "Life at the South; or, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" As It Is" by W.L.G. Smith, both of which were also released in 1852. "The North and the South" was one of several examples of the pro-slavery plantation literature genre that emerged from the Southern United States in response to "Uncle Tom's Cabin"