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Age is one of the risk factors for this disease.
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But even that link is murky: In the case of breast cancer, for instance, carrying excess weight only seems to be a risk factor after menopause, and not before (for reasons that aren’t known).
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 23 Jan. 2025
Fried foods are a major risk factor for developing chronic diseases, including becoming overweight, obesity, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease.
—Johna Burdeos, Health, 20 Jan. 2025
Yet, despite decades of evidence, fewer than half of Americans recognize alcohol as a cancer risk factor—a knowledge gap that may be putting women’s health in jeopardy.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 13 Jan. 2025
Such a pattern might indicate impulsivity, a significant risk factor for future offending.
—Philip Caldwell, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2025
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 23 Jan. 2025
Fried foods are a major risk factor for developing chronic diseases, including becoming overweight, obesity, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease.
—Johna Burdeos, Health, 20 Jan. 2025
Yet, despite decades of evidence, fewer than half of Americans recognize alcohol as a cancer risk factor—a knowledge gap that may be putting women’s health in jeopardy.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 13 Jan. 2025
Such a pattern might indicate impulsivity, a significant risk factor for future offending.
—Philip Caldwell, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Risk factor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/risk%20factor. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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