胰腺癌是世界上第六大与癌症有关的死亡原因，研究表明成人肥胖与胰腺癌发病风险增加有关。

新的研究将青少年肥胖与以后的胰腺癌风险增加了四倍。该研究的结果还表明，超重甚至在“正常”体重范围内较高体重的男性可能以分级方式增加胰腺癌风险。这项发现发表在《癌症》杂志上，这是同行评议的《美国癌症学会》杂志。

Weight during adolescence may affect pancreatic cancer risk in adulthood

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181112082433.htm

Zohor Levi, Yakir Rottenberg, Gilad Twig, Lior Katz, Adi Leiba, Estela Derazne, Dorit Tzur, Sapir Eizenstein, Lital Keinan-Boker, Arnon Afek, Jeremy Dan Kark. Adolescent overweight and obesity and the risk for pancreatic cancer among men and women: a nationwide study of 1.79 million Israeli adolescents. Cancer, 2018; DOI: 10.1002/cncr.31764