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Study finds that fast walking can reduce lung cancer risk by 50%: A simple health indicator for cancer prevention (www.hku.hk)
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[–] zout@fedia.io 8 points 6 days ago

Is it because people who walk faster tend to have less risk for developing lung cancer, or the other way around? Correlation does not mean causation, and from the article I find that walking speed is a marker for the risk of lung cancer, not "you should walk faster to prevent lung cancer".