ADVICE: Four Fat Myths about Obesity and Cancer

By The Cato Institute , Individual Liberty, Free Markets, Peace - February 27, 2009

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The fat police have tried to frighten us for so long they've used up most of their stock of scary images. Yet the media still run with every 'The Fat End is Nigh' story, no matter how absurd. Exhibit A is today's World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) report, Policy and Action for Cancer Prevention - Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: A Global Perspective , which warns of a global catastrophe from obesity-induced cancer. As the Observer 's David Smith ... Read the Full Article
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ADVICE: Four Fat Myths about Obesity and Cancer
  • fsilber
    The bigger problem

    A greater problem is that obese people are (to most people) less sexually attractive. As with litter, billboards, and "modern" architecture, increasing obesity in society makes the world less beautiful.

    - fsilberUS March 4, 2009 3:30PM

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