Fat, cancer, and the 1 in 20 lie

The Fat Doctor Podcast by Dr Asher Larmie

Mar 18, 202635:27Health

Send us Fan Mail Cancer Research UK calls being fat the second biggest cause of cancer in the UK. It's a claim built on manipulated statistics, false assumptions, and funding from the weight loss industry - and it&a...

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