So, firstly, the figures that everyone are reporting are TOTAL NONSENSE. The paper did not directly calculate relative risk, so the "25% increased risk" reported everywhere is simply wrongpic.twitter.com/fk6d8s7bvk
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I mean, basic stuff right? Mothers are working more I WONDER WHO COULD HELP THEM OUT WITH THE KIDS?????pic.twitter.com/vHa0gSiUOO
But let's go back to the results for a second. We can blame ~at most~ an 0.243 standard deviation increase on SINGLE working mums A bit less on mums working overall That's not even vaguely close to "causing" the obesity epidemic
So we have a small increase in a vague metric relating to obesity that may or may not be due to mums working. Even if it is, the problem can probably be fixed by dads doing their fair share Sounds a bit less ridiculous than "SINGLE MUMS CAUSE ALL OBESITY IN CHILDREN"
I'm unconvinced that mums working is the driver behind this obesity increase Much more likely that it's a complex interplay between social and environmental factors like many of these issues
But even if that's not the case - even if a mum going to work DOES make their child more likely to gain weight - it's still atrocious nonsense to blame mums for the problem It takes two to make a child, after all* *(rare exceptions exist)
Blog is up on this:https://medium.com/@gidmk/working-mothers-dont-make-children-obese-85325d462274 …
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