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ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಸ್ನ್ಯಾಪ್ಶಾಟ್¹² [jatp]
Posted in pictures, Travel with tags ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಸ್ನ್ಯಾಪ್ಶಾಟ್, cow, egret, India, jatp, Kannada, Karnataka, Kaveri River, Mysore, Mysuru, Pancharanga Kshetra, Ranganatha, Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangapatna on January 19, 2023 by xi'an
an increase of 18% a day?!
Posted in Books, Statistics with tags cancer, cow, meat, risk assessment, WHO on June 3, 2017 by xi'an
A striking figure I saw earlier this week in a newspaper and confirmed by checking on the World Health Organisation (WHO) today:
…if the association of red meat and colorectal cancer were proven to be causal, data from the same studies suggest that the risk of colorectal cancer could increase by 17% for every 100 gram portion of red meat eaten daily…
The way I interpret this sentence and the every in it when I read it is that each time I eat a portion of 100g of red meat, my probability of getting a cancer increases by 17%. Actually the previous sentence in the report sounds even more dire:
An analysis of data from 10 studies estimated that every 50 gram portion of processed meat eaten daily increases the risk of colorectal cancer by about 18%.
Which means that eating a sausage a day would multiply the probability by about… 10²³! This cannot be: turning statistics into “plain” language can be so confusing! Or else pardon my French!!!
avernian landscapes (#6)
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Running, Statistics, Travel with tags Auvergne, Besse-en-Chandesse, Bleu d'Auvergne, Cantal, cow, Fourme d'Amber, France, Laguiole, Mont-Dore, Puy-de-Dôme, Saint-Nectaire, Salers, sunrise, vacations, volcanoes on August 30, 2014 by xi'an
India snapshot (#20)
Posted in pictures, Travel with tags cow, Ganges, India, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi on January 12, 2013 by xi'anLast step of the Indian trip, in Varanasi, when walking the ghats, with a local. And the Ganges as a background.
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