Where body fat is carried can predict cancer risk

[rangerrebew]

Where body fat is carried can predict cancer risk

Date:
    May 24, 2017
Source:
    Cancer Research UK
Summary:
    Carrying fat around your middle could be as good an indicator of cancer risk as body mass index (BMI), according to new research.
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170524085530.htm

[Smokin Joe]

AHA! Another reason to charge more for your insurance! In the meantime, the fattest poor people on the planet won't be picking up the tab for their girth, the taxpayers will.
KA-CHING!

[GtHawk]

AHA! Another reason to charge more for your insurance! In the meantime, the fattest poor people on the planet won't be picking up the tab for their girth, the taxpayers will.
KA-CHING!

I've known an awful lot of fit, if not downright skinny people with cancer, and I'm not talking about after they wasted away from the disease.

[Smokin Joe]

I've known an awful lot of fit, if not downright skinny people with cancer, and I'm not talking about after they wasted away from the disease.

Yep. I have known lifelong non-smokers who died of lung cancer, and lifelong smokers who didn't.