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sebtron on Jan 29, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: The cancer that some doctors don't want to call ca...

Sorry for the nitpick, but that 65% number looked very high, so I checked and it is more like 40% according to what I found [1].

[1] https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and...

greenhexagon on Jan 29, 2024 | [–]

OP said "65% of men are obese or overweight" but your source is only obese.

CDC says 73.6% of adults are overweight or obese (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/obesity-overweight.htm)

sebtron on Jan 29, 2024 | | [–]

No, my source says overweight (which includes obese). Your source is for the US only.

atdrummond on Jan 29, 2024 | [–]

Likely difference between international and U.S. numbers.

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