← Back to context Comment by etempleton 2 hours ago [flagged] 3 comments etempleton Reply UncleOxidant 1 hour ago > Obesity. Being overweight is directly correlated with an increased risk for over a dozen cancers. And people are fatter than ever.Doesn't that just move the question to: why are so many people obese now? Including more obese younger people. ganoushoreilly 34 minutes ago I suspect sugar intake has a drastic impact here. We genuinely have too much of it in everything. tptacek 2 hours ago Risk in the cohorts we're talking about have tripled or even quadrupled. Obesity has not; prevalence is up 10-20%.
UncleOxidant 1 hour ago > Obesity. Being overweight is directly correlated with an increased risk for over a dozen cancers. And people are fatter than ever.Doesn't that just move the question to: why are so many people obese now? Including more obese younger people. ganoushoreilly 34 minutes ago I suspect sugar intake has a drastic impact here. We genuinely have too much of it in everything.
ganoushoreilly 34 minutes ago I suspect sugar intake has a drastic impact here. We genuinely have too much of it in everything.
tptacek 2 hours ago Risk in the cohorts we're talking about have tripled or even quadrupled. Obesity has not; prevalence is up 10-20%.
> Obesity. Being overweight is directly correlated with an increased risk for over a dozen cancers. And people are fatter than ever.
Doesn't that just move the question to: why are so many people obese now? Including more obese younger people.
I suspect sugar intake has a drastic impact here. We genuinely have too much of it in everything.
Risk in the cohorts we're talking about have tripled or even quadrupled. Obesity has not; prevalence is up 10-20%.