• Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    That’s sound reasoning, but refuted by the fact that cancer cases are inexplicably rising in young people. Specifically along the digestive tract; esophagus, stomach, rectum, and colon cancers.

    I’m sure that all-cause death being generally lower factors into it, but it doesn’t explain why younger people are getting cancer at rates almost double what they were just 25 years ago

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      10 months ago

      Excellent point. I’ll be interested to see epidemiological studies confirming how much of that increase in young people is diet and the increase in obesity vs. environmental.