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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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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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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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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Replying to @OliWilliamsPhD @jdeveritt and
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@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.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @kevinnbass @OliWilliamsPhD and
I think that in the UK that is patently false.
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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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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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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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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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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%!)
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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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