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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Kevin Bass, MS‏ @kevinnbass 1 Dec 2018

      So @One_Angry_Chef responded that he was busy this weekend but acknowledged reading my criticism. I elaborated on evidence that economic inequality isn't the main driver of driver of obesity, and that while improving EI would probably improve health, it won't do much for obesity.pic.twitter.com/2T1eqv9Kne

      3 replies 1 retweet 8 likes
    2. Captain Science PhD‏ @_captainscience 2 Dec 2018
      Replying to @kevinnbass @One_Angry_Chef

      That might be true in the States but the data in the UK would suggest otherwise.

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 2 Dec 2018
      Replying to @_captainscience @kevinnbass @One_Angry_Chef

      Yes I'd be interested to see the data here, there is fairly good evidence of SES affecting obesity rates here in Aus too

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 2 Dec 2018
      Replying to @GidMK @_captainscience and

      An example from the 2015 Australian National Health Survey - countrywide dataset, very robust, collected by the bureau of statisticspic.twitter.com/dwANVP0WIb

      1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
    5. Kevin Bass, MS‏ @kevinnbass 2 Dec 2018
      Replying to @GidMK @_captainscience @One_Angry_Chef

      Kevin Bass, MS Retweeted Kevin Bass, MS

      Response:https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/status/1069376043658739712 …

      Kevin Bass, MS added,

      Kevin Bass, MS @kevinnbass
      There's no doubt that socioeconomic status tracks with obesity. It's just that the degree to which it tracks is overstated. From your graph, the relationship is very modest. Everyone is becoming more obese over time--not just the poor. This effect dwarfs the SES effect. https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1069375019241758720 …
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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 2 Dec 2018
      Replying to @kevinnbass @_captainscience @One_Angry_Chef

      I'd argue that the effect is actually quite large - the difference is about 8% absolute between most and least disadvantaged - particularly considering that this is only partially corrected for age. You also see greater effects when you split out other SES factors like rurality

      3:47 PM - 2 Dec 2018
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        2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 2 Dec 2018
          Replying to @GidMK @kevinnbass and

          Also worth noting that this category lumps in overweight and obesity, which can be deceptive. The wealthiest people tend to be overweight by BMI (25-30), but if you look just at obesity (>30), the effect of SES becomes much more stark

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        3. Kevin Bass, MS‏ @kevinnbass 2 Dec 2018
          Replying to @GidMK @_captainscience @One_Angry_Chef

          8% is not large considering that obesity/overweight has increased from about 30% at 1900 to nearly 80% today. The overwhelming factor in determining this shift is not class-related.

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