Heinz Freisling

Hi, I am epidemiologist at the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

Find me also on @hfreisling.bsky.social

[Heinz Freisling @HFreisling]

Is your body shape linked to cancer risk?🧐
Find out here👉
@AnjaSedlmeier @VivianViallon @pietro220468 @LPeruchet @e_fontvieille @KhoeiNazli @KTsilidis @A_PerezCornago @kristinborch et al. 👏
@Institut_cancer 🙏
#NCMTeam @IARCWHO #Cancer #obesity
https://t.co/3cwXTbMYbi

[Heinz Freisling @HFreisling]

Erinnerst du dich noch, wann du dich bei X registriert hast? Ich weiß es noch! #MeinXJubiläum

[Heinz Freisling @HFreisling]

🔥#IARC60 is coming!
⏩Want to bring yourself up-to-speed beforehand?
📰A great place to start would be our article on
Nutritional epidemiology🥦🍔 & cancer aetiology
in the special IARC@60 edition of @JNCI_Now Monographs!
https://t.co/DbU40Cpqxf
Register https://t.co/oX8KiuOYDg

[Heinz Freisling @HFreisling]

👉Higher BMI raises obesity‑related cancer risk at all ages 30–65.
👉BMI in midlife (40s–50s) may matter most, but excess adiposity anytime in adulthood increases cancer risk.
@NadinHawwash et al #ABAcus #ARIC #EPIC #WHI #PLCO #AARP
@IARCWHO
https://t.co/XsDgtTh2Qa

[eClinicalMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science @eClinicalMed]

Excess weight by degree and duration and cancer risk: a cohort study and IPD meta-analysis

Adulthood degree and duration of excess BMI were associated with cancer risk. Both factors should be considered in cancer prevention strategies and policies

https://t.co/ilIkbUi84l

[Heinz Freisling @HFreisling]

👋Challenges and promises of nutritional epidemiology to investigate cancer etiology
@IARCWHO @JNCI_Now
@pietro220468 @KerenPapier et al.
#openaccess
👉https://t.co/Liz7hYkUA7

[Heinz Freisling @HFreisling]

👋updated FAO/INFOODS food composition website is now live at👉
https://t.co/NLZUwJwIqV

[Heinz Freisling @HFreisling]

👉When Nutrition Science Is Ignored https://t.co/IXCR6ZOg74

[IARC @IARCWHO]

Reda more about this fantastic study!
https://t.co/QRyDvHLCzN

[Heinz Freisling @HFreisling]

Your blood remembers when you excercise. 🏃‍♀️🧬
👉220 proteins shifted with physical activity, many tied to lower cancer and cardiometabolic risk.
🧐A glimpse into the biology of prevention.
@MichaelJStein et al.
@IARCWHO @wcrfint @WCRF_UK @uk_biobank
https://t.co/ZFkwrpAQVI

[Heinz Freisling @HFreisling]

Don’t deprioritize curiosity-driven research https://t.co/B7uOnkIDdT

[Heinz Freisling @HFreisling]

👋Do the Health Impacts of Ultra-Processed Foods Apply to Plant-Based Meat Alternatives? 👉
https://t.co/PxZvY9xV6M
@nutrition_facts

[Heinz Freisling @HFreisling]

I am aiming to do the same 👉
"I’m going to halve my publication output. You should consider slow science, too" https://t.co/md1vbZPxrw

[Heinz Freisling @HFreisling]

The academic community failed Wikipedia for 25 years — now it might fail us https://t.co/htk2gPdpZH

[Heinz Freisling @HFreisling]

👋Interested in #cancer #prevention through #PhysicalActivity ?
Join our free webinar 👉
@IARCWHO @uni_regensburg @wcrfint
@HBaurecht @MichaelJStein et al.

[Heinz Freisling @HFreisling]

Notre santé avant leurs profits : le Nutri-Score doit enfin devenir obligatoire - Signez la pétition ! https://t.co/Qopn7CCaVM via @ChangeFrance

[IARC @IARCWHO]

IARC is currently organizing an international conference that will take place in Lyon, France, from 19 to 21 May 2026. The call for abstracts is open until 19 January, we encourage researchers to submit their abstracts.
#CancerResearchThatMatters
#IARC60
https://t.co/83sUXKVs7C

[Charles Piller @cpiller]

Finally! Another key paper by Sylvain Lesné about the purported key Alzheimer’s-related protein amyloid-beta *56 is retracted. Validates findings by @Thatsregrettab1 @MicrobiomDigest @schrag_matthew et al https://t.co/NJNeUpShB2 See my original story https://t.co/f26wIePhrf

[Heinz Freisling @HFreisling]

👋Lower socioeconomic position = higher #multimorbidity of #cancer #diabetes & #CVDs.
👉Healthy lifestyle partly mediates this link, more so in men (29%) than women (11%).
@IARCWHO @Institut_cancer
https://t.co/GcUxK7L7Y1

[Heinz Freisling @HFreisling]

What happened at COP30? 4 science take-homes from the climate summit https://t.co/ygSMf3215C

[Dr. William J. Ripple @WilliamJRipple]

In our Climate Report my coauthors and I say: We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. Consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. Read report here https://t.co/x7G4sp3ZUK