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Bananas2eh t1_j5hext8 wrote

So does this mean that living with, or spending time with, people who have obesity, diabetes or cancer would put you at higher risk of those things yourself? Would there be any way to mitigate that risk?

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throwawaybake23 t1_j5mqgq9 wrote

Probably to the same risk that there is benefit from the supporting article. Some influence, but probably not a lot. It would be interesting looking at specific disease clusters that do exist and checking the genetic makeup that might make certain people more susceptible. Maybe cancers with strong genetic predisposition could have significant relevance to the environmental biome. But this wouldn’t mean the cancer is contagious.

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