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No, cancer

• loeg 3y ago
  I assume GP is mentioning obesity because it is known to increase the risk of many kinds of cancer and has risen over the time period.
• cjbgkagh 3y ago
  ↑ obesity → ↑ chronic general inflammation → ↑ cancer risk These two effects are widely known and the transitive property is clear. The first google result of a NIH study has ~4-8% of all cancers being directly attributed to obesity which is a lot and could well be an underestimate given the difficulty of attribution. Many cancers that have a clear genetic trigger may have been prevented or at least delayed by an immune system that wasn't impaired by obesity.