Physical Activity, Dietary Calorie Restriction, and Cancer
This book focuses on how obesity and sedentary lifestyles adversely affect cancer risk and survival for individuals as well as mechanisms that may underlie those associations. However, evidence is accumulating rapidly on the cost of obesity and sedentary
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Series Editor Nathan A. Berger, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/8282
Anne McTiernan Editor
Physical Activity, Dietary Calorie Restriction, and Cancer
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Editor Anne McTiernan Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 1100 Fairview Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA
ISBN 978-1-4419-7550-8 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-7551-5 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-7551-5 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne McTiernan, Linda Nebeling, and Rachel Ballard-Barbash
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2 Epidemiology of Overweight/Obesity and Cancer Risk . . . . . . . Andrew G. Renehan
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3 Epidemiology of Physical Activity and Cancer Risk . . . . . . . . . Rebecca M. Speck, Kathryn H. Schmitz, I.-Min Lee, and Anne McTiernan
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4 Energetics and Cancer: Exploring a Road Less Traveled . . . . . . Henry J. Thompson, Weiqin Jiang, and Zongjian Zhu
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5 Calorie Restriction, Exercise, and Colon Cancer Prevention: A Mechanistic Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connie J. Rogers, Lisa H. Colbert, Susan N. Perkins, and Stephen D. Hursting 6 Mechanisms Linking Obesity to Cancer Risk . . . . . . . . . . . . Ikuyo Imayama, Caitlin Mason, and Catherine Duggan 7 Mechanisms Underlying the Effects of Physical Activity on Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Rundle
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8 Physical Activity, Weight Control, and Cancer Prognosis . . . . . . Kathryn H. Schmitz, Melinda L. Irwin, and Rebecca M. Speck
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Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Contributors
Rachel Ballard-Barbash Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 6130, USA, barbas
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