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0 pointstrhway1y ago0 comments

US is a standout in obesity - only Arab countries and Native Pacific are close to it where obesity has different character than in US. And may be the obesity and cancer has the same cause - high processed sugar diet for example.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_the_United_States#/...

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.16.24302894v...

"The United States (U.S.) is the leading country in ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption, accounting for 60% of caloric intake, compared to a range of 14 to 44% in Europe. "

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reducesuffering1y 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-a...

trhwayOP1y ago

Something fishy with the data there as here

https://www.wcrf.org/cancer-trends/global-cancer-data-by-cou....

age standartized rate:

USA - 367 UK - 307 Australia - 462

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