Comment by Bender
6 hours ago
I do get it. People have not been eating fresh foods since at least the 1970's. Fast food has been prevalent and popular since the 70's.
Something else changed in the last few years. One of these things is not like the other.
Might be true, but I don't think malnutrition, sedentary lifestyle etc have peaked in the 70s.
If these factors are perfectly controlled for, maybe you're right. It would be stupid for me to further engage in discussion about it though, without having read science about this.
There are other things we know about though, for example an increase in microplastics intake.
Plus do not forget, the article said the "damage" happens in the first 10 years of a child's life. So people born in the 70s are also seeing an increase in colon cancer.
BTW, for my main comment, I am probably in the top 15% of age distribution of people commenting here.