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It doesn't pass the smell test. In 1990, US was 18.7% obese with a cancer incidence of 1,760, UK and Australia at 780. Most recent is 2016 showing Australia a
by reducesuffering 2y ago
It doesn't pass the smell test.
In 1990, US was 18.7% obese with a cancer incidence of 1,760, UK and Australia at 780.
Most recent is 2016 showing Australia and UK at 30% obesity, yet their cancer incidence is lower than ever at 750 and 682, respectively.
Everyone but the US (and Poland) are increasing their obesity while their cancer incidence is flat or decreasing: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-adults-defined-as-obese?tab=chart&country=USA~GBR~BRA~AUS~WHO_EUR~WHO_SEAR~POL~CAN~JPN~MEX~DEU https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-adults-defined-a...
- trhway 2y agoSomething fishy with the data there as here https://www.wcrf.org/cancer-trends/global-cancer-data-by-country/#:~:text=The%20highest%20cancer%20rate%20for,global%20cancer%20incidence%20excluding%20NMSC https://www.wcrf.org/cancer-trends/global-cancer-data-by-cou.... age standartized rate: USA - 367 UK - 307 Australia - 462