Michael Thun Quotes

The CDC seriously underestimated the risk of dying in the overweight by not adequately dealing with the bias due to smoking and disease.

- Michael Thun

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Underestimated | Risk | Dying | Overweight | Adequately |

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The risk of dying of breast cancer increases as BMI increases... The risk of dying of colon cancer increases in the overweight as well as the obese. - Michael Thun

It's still a very good idea to eat a diet that's high in fresh fruits and vegetables, both for its direct benefit on heart disease and reducing adult-onset diabetes. - Michael Thun

If you have a short follow-up, you still have a problem with people who don't know they're sick... As the follow-up lengthens, that's less of a problem because the people who don't know that they're sick die. - Michael Thun