If You Are Cancer, Obesity Equals Smoking

The American Cancer Society just released a study with some surprising results. Just as many people die from cancer as a result of obesity as from smoking. Below is an excerpt from the CNN coverage:

One-third of the more than 500,000 cancer deaths each year are attributable to poor diet and inadequate physical activity, including overweight and obesity, the cancer society said. That's about the same number of cancer cases caused by smoking.

Wow! I can't tell you the dollar amounts associated with each, but I'm pretty sure that a lot more money goes into warning people about smoking than inadequate physical activity. It looks like Morgan Spurlock was on to something.