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Little_Day Posted 15 years ago
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What does this phrase mean?
I've read a news on BBC, here it is:
"...Some risk factors are well established, such as smoking's link with lung cancer.
But others are less recognised.
For example, for breast cancer, nearly a 10th of the risk comes from being overweight or obese, far outweighing the impact of whether or not the woman breastfeeds or drinks alcohol."
Does the highlighted phrase mean overweighing is the main impact of breast cancer, not drinking alcohol or breastfeeding ??
please make it clearer, thank you in advance.
"...Some risk factors are well established, such as smoking's link with lung cancer.
But others are less recognised.
For example, for breast cancer, nearly a 10th of the risk comes from being overweight or obese, far outweighing the impact of whether or not the woman breastfeeds or drinks alcohol."
Does the highlighted phrase mean overweighing is the main impact of breast cancer, not drinking alcohol or breastfeeding ??
please make it clearer, thank you in advance.
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Little_Day Some risk factors are well established, such as smoking's link with lung cancer. But others are less recognised. " Does the highlighted phrase mean that being overweigh t is the main impact of *** cancer, not drinking alcohol or breastfeeding ??
- Little_Day Some risk factors are well established, such as smoking's link with lung cancer.
- But others are less recognised.
- " Does the highlighted phrase mean that being overweigh t is the main impact of *** cancer, not drinking alcohol or breastfeeding ??
- No, it means that being overweight is a much more important risk for *** cancer than whether or not the woman breastfeeds or drinks alcohol.
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Little_DaySome risk factors are well established, such as smoking's link with lung cancer. But others are less recognised.
For example, for *** cancer, nearly a 10th of the risk comes from being overweight or obese, far outweighing the impact of whether or not the woman breastfeeds or drinks alcohol."
Does the highlighted phrase mean that bei
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