{"id":4402,"date":"2014-08-18T19:48:44","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T18:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zoeharcombe.com\/?p=4402"},"modified":"2016-08-21T11:54:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-21T10:54:08","slug":"cancer-obesity-the-real-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zoeharcombe.com\/2014\/08\/cancer-obesity-the-real-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer &#038; Obesity &#8211; the real story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-excerpt\">\n    <p><strong>The story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was driving to the Celtic Manor for a swim on Thursday morning when Radio 4's Today Programme announced that, in the largest study to date, it has been found that obesity causes cancer. Really?<\/p>\n<p>The Independent also went with the causation headline: \"<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/health-and-families\/health-news\/obesity-increases-the-chances-of-10-common-cancers-study-finds-9667315.html\" target=\"_blank\">Obesity increases the chances of 10 common cancers study finds<\/a><\/em>\" and so did The Daily Mail: \"<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-2724362\/Obesity-blamed-12-000-cancer-cases-year-Being-overweight-increase-chance-developing-forms-disease-60.html\" target=\"_blank\">Obesity is blamed for 12,000 cancer cases every year: Being overweight can increase chance of developing some forms of the disease by 60%<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC web site did a bit better by reporting \"<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health-28779493\" target=\"_blank\">Being overweight or obese 'linked to 10 common cancers<\/a>'<\/em>\". 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