How long will it be before junk food carries compulsory health warnings like cigarettes? Obesity 'causes more cases of some cancers than smoking'https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48826850 …
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Replying to @timspector
Are they playing fast and loose with the word “cause” again though?
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Replying to @wyadvd @timspector
Nah the key word here is "some". Smoking doesn't cause many bowel cancers but obesity does, that's pretty much the story
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Replying to @GidMK @timspector
But is obesity in and of itself the actual cause . Or do obesity and cancers have a common cause . The cancer UK page is a bit sketchy on this . All their offensive posters in London consistently us the word cause .pic.twitter.com/9kMoeXP5vu
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Replying to @wyadvd @timspector
There's a pretty strong demonstrable causal relationship between obesity and bowel cancer, don't know about liver or ovarian tho
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Replying to @GidMK @timspector
Can you show me the papers that show a demonstrable causal relationship between obesity and bowel cancer ?
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Replying to @wyadvd @timspector
I'll grab them when I've got a sec. I think the primary causal mechanisms proposed have to do with insulin resistance and chronic inflammation of the intestinal tissue
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Replying to @GidMK @timspector
Insulin resistance is an upstream cause of obesity . It may also be an upstream cause of cancer . Let’s target insulin resistance ?
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Replying to @wyadvd @timspector
Don't think that's true. You can definitely make a case for a complex interrelationship, but "upstream cause" is, from my understanding, not likely
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Replying to @GidMK @timspector
You are not familiar with the work of Lewis Cantley then ?
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