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In this episode of ‘The Fat Doctor Podcast’, Dr. Natasha Larmie challenges the claim that ob*sity is a risk factor for cancer, secondary only to smoking.  This is the first time Natasha flies solo and she admits to being a little anxious about it!

Today's podcast includes:

• Why you cannot compare weight with smoking
• Why weight isn't a behaviour or something you can easily control
• The embarrassingly flawed evidence that links weight with cancer
• Why causation is not the same as association (and why everyone knows better but refuses to acknowledge it)
• The real reasons why rates of cancers are higher in fat folk and why change is necessary

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Resources and links mentioned in this episode:

Article from the NEJM

Article from the Lancet

Cancer Research UK Campaign

Essay by a medical student on how the Cancer Research UK campaign was flawed (published by the BMJ)

More about the show:

How would you react if someone told you that most of what we are taught to believe about healthy bodies is a lie? 

How would you feel if that person was a medical doctor with over 20 years experience treating patients and seeing the harm caused by all this misinformation?

In her podcast, Dr Natasha Larmie,  an experienced General Practitioner and self-styled Fat Doctor, examines and challenges 'health' as we know it through passionate,

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