I wonder why....
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Being fat (30 BMI) at the time of the linked study was 1.4 risk for colorectal cancer.
That looks like it should only account for +2.5% out of the increase (+12.8% for all cancer is the only number article gives), but a fairly big chunk anyway.
But most interesting is that those with insurance had 3.09 times the risk of the uninsured. So sounds like young people are getting more tests, they're finding polyps and early cancers, and getting treated early. That sounds like a good thing to me, not a scary story.
If you still think it's a terrible rise in cancer... being >50 was 11 times the risk. So enjoy your youthful worries while you can.
If being fat is 1.4x risk, and being 50 is 11x risk...
Well, gonna die of a heart attack before the cancer gets me, suckers! Pass the McDonalds!