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