Heinz Freisling
hfreisling.bsky.social
Heinz Freisling
@hfreisling.bsky.social
Hi, I am epidemiologist at the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Posts reflect my own opinions and views.
👉 With Lancet's refined definition of #obesity, we found clinical obesity (excess fat + organ dysfunction) linked to a 56% higher #mortality vs. no obesity.
👉 #BMI alone misses key risks.
@michaeljstein.bsky.social
@uniregensburg.bsky.social
🙏 @wcrf.org
👉 10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.4978
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
📢Postmenopausal women with CVD have a 31% higher risk of breast cancer with each 5 kg/m² increase in BMI, compared to a 13% increase in those without CVD. #BreastCancer #CVD

🙏 @wcrf.org

👉 doi.org/10.1002/cncr...
July 8, 2025 at 7:25 AM
March 26, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Hôtel-Dieu, this morning🤩
Lyon, France 🇫🇷
January 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
📢 Spoiler alert: In #midlife, the environment rather than genetic predisposition driving #Obesity 👉

👏 Dr Laia Peruchet-Noray et al.

🙏 @Institut_cancer

Nature or nurture? sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 17, 2024 at 9:34 AM
#Movember at IARC-WHO
Mo Bros and Mo Sisters supporting Men's #Health
December 9, 2024 at 9:07 AM
📢Excess weight by degree and duration and #cancer risk
👏
@NadinHawwash
& colleagues
@eClinicalMed
👉
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 9, 2024 at 8:27 AM