Why "exercise lowers cancer risk" headlines mislead readers (including comments)

HealthNewsReview.org

 Bottom line: The headlines claiming that exercise “lowers cancer risk” aren’t accurate, because they suggest that exercise directly impacts cancer risk in a causal way. They impart a certainty to the findings that the underlying science simply doesn’t support. (Read more about this issue in our Toolkit explainer: Observational Studies – Does The Language Fit The Evidence? – Association Versus Causation.)