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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 3 Dec 2018
      Replying to @kevinnbass @OliWilliamsPhD and

      I also agree that reducing inequality would have a significant impact on obesity. BUT I also think that portraying the problem of obesity as about inequality is misleading. It's largely NOT about inequality. It is affecting everyone.

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    2. Kevin Bass, MS‏ @kevinnbass 3 Dec 2018
      Replying to @kevinnbass @OliWilliamsPhD and

      Therefore, while correcting inequality might have a large impact on health, it probably won't make a large dent in obesity. That is, unless the wealthy are also being made obese by inequality (possible). But if you make that argument, that still changes the political framing.

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    3. Kevin Bass, MS‏ @kevinnbass 3 Dec 2018
      Replying to @kevinnbass @OliWilliamsPhD and

      My point is that facts matter and I think we should portray the problem according to the facts, because only if we have the facts can we make the right decisions about policy. I believe that the portrayal of the facts in this case could be substantially improved.

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    4. Oli Williams‏ @OliWilliamsPhD 3 Dec 2018
      Replying to @kevinnbass @jdeveritt and

      Again, what facts are you referring to? I'm unaware of anyone here claiming that obesity would disappear if inequality was reduced. As such, you're making a straw man argument. No one (here) is arguing against accurately presenting evidence nor taking an evidence-based approach.

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    5. Kevin Bass, MS‏ @kevinnbass 3 Dec 2018
      Replying to @OliWilliamsPhD @jdeveritt and

      I take @One_Angry_Chef to be arguing that unhealthy eating shouldn't be stigmatized because it is primarily a relatively poverty problem. I'm saying that unhealthy eating doesn't seem to be primarily a relative poverty problem.

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    6. Captain Science PhD‏ @_captainscience 3 Dec 2018
      Replying to @kevinnbass @OliWilliamsPhD and

      I think that in the UK that is patently false.

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    7. Kevin Bass, MS‏ @kevinnbass 3 Dec 2018
      Replying to @_captainscience @OliWilliamsPhD and

      It's not a matter of thinking. It's a matter of data. https://jech.bmj.com/content/jech/63/2/140.full.pdf … In this study, the difference between manual and non-manual profession women was 5%. The difference between the average woman at that time and the average woman 100 before is 25%.pic.twitter.com/h6E0XV3J6h

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    8. Christopher Snowdon‏Verified account @cjsnowdon 3 Dec 2018
      Replying to @kevinnbass @_captainscience and

      The thing I find interesting that there is almost no gradient for men but a fairly strong one for women.pic.twitter.com/BkaRoZgL3v

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    9. Kevin Bass, MS‏ @kevinnbass 3 Dec 2018
      Replying to @cjsnowdon @_captainscience and

      It's the same in the US. Also, studies from other countries sometimes show an inverse gradient for men. For example, check out the individual study findings in this meta-analysis. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5433719/ … SES and obesity seems to be somewhat consistently gendered.pic.twitter.com/XMua5p7kft

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    10. Kevin Bass, MS‏ @kevinnbass 3 Dec 2018
      Replying to @kevinnbass @cjsnowdon and

      Looking at that meta again, it actually shows an inverse relationship after pooling, not just individual studies. And a positive relationship for women.

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 3 Dec 2018
      Replying to @kevinnbass @cjsnowdon and

      I'd be a bit cautious interpreting that meta-analysis. It's hard to compare across countries, even harder across regions, which is reflected in the very significant heterogeneity in the studies (I^2>95%!)

      2:56 PM - 3 Dec 2018
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        2. Kevin Bass, MS‏ @kevinnbass 3 Dec 2018
          Replying to @GidMK @cjsnowdon and

          I agree

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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 3 Dec 2018
          Replying to @kevinnbass @cjsnowdon and

          Worth remembering that in developing/lower-income countries, the SES/BMI correlation is entirely flipped. You can see this in WHO stats http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A900A?lang=en …

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