Visualizing Health Risk

The press can very easily get it wrong when dealing with health risk data. Data visualizations can help.

A big breakfast — Photo by Jonathan Farber on Unsplash

In November 2015, the International Agency for Research in Cancer (part of the World Health Organisation) reported that eating 50 grams of processed meat — bacon or sausages, for example — was associated with an 18% increase in the risk of bowel…