Brown JC, Yang S, Mire EF, et al. - A diverse cohort of adults was examined in the Pennington Center Longitudinal Study to report the impact of race on the association between obesity and cancer death.

• An analysis of 18,296 adults; 35.0% were male and 34.3% were Black, followed-up for 14.3 years.

• White men and women exhibited an elevated risk of cancer death in relation to having obesity.

• In contrast, having obesity was related to a decreased risk of cancer death among Black men and did not impact risk among Black women.