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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Giles Yeo‏Verified account @GilesYeo 25 Sep 2018

      Giles Yeo Retweeted Cancer Research UK

      Does #obesity increase risk of certain cancers? Yes. Does it ‘cause’ #cancer? No. Is obesity ‘preventable’? That is too simplistic. For some people it is almost impossible to prevent. We need better, more nuanced messaging here.https://twitter.com/CR_UK/status/1044170331588612097 …

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      Cancer Research UKVerified account @CR_UK
      In the UK, obesity is the second biggest cause of cancer after smoking. We’re encouraging the Government to make changes that will make healthy eating choices easier for everyone. Find out more: http://po.st/B473d1  pic.twitter.com/mXqHYXAZux
      16 replies 82 retweets 219 likes
    2. Cecilia Lindgren‏ @ceclindgren 25 Sep 2018
      Replying to @GilesYeo

      I am curious on what your evidence that it’s not *causing* cancer (and which cancers do we know this is true for)? Agree completely that we mostly know, often wrongly, derive causation through correlation but with well powered biobank data we can use genetics to disentangle this?

      1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
    3. Giles Yeo‏Verified account @GilesYeo 25 Sep 2018
      Replying to @ceclindgren

      I think it is the term 'cause', which is a strong word. This would mean that all obese people would end up with cancer, which is clearly not the case. You dig?

      4 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    4. Adam Butterworth‏ @aidanbutty 25 Sep 2018
      Replying to @GilesYeo @ceclindgren

      Seems like quite a narrow definition if it has to have complete penetrance - wouldn't this exclude virtually everything (smoking & BRCA mutations included) except uncontrolled cell division?!

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 25 Sep 2018
      Replying to @aidanbutty @GilesYeo @ceclindgren

      Agreed, this seems like a problematic definition. Not every person needs to experience an event for the mechanism to be causal!

      7:03 PM - 25 Sep 2018
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        2. David Nunan‏ @dnunan79 26 Sep 2018
          Replying to @GidMK @aidanbutty and

          Simple way to resolve this would be to give folk the numbers. ‘In a 1000 people who are clinically obese, x will be diagnosed with y cancer. This compares to 1000 people who are not obese where x will be diagnosed with y cancer’ Usually shows risk is only increased slightly.

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        3. Adam Butterworth‏ @aidanbutty 26 Sep 2018
          Replying to @dnunan79 @GidMK and

          Depends on the aim - telling people about slight increases in risk unlikely to motivate behavioural change

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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