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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

Sydney, New South Wales
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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 14 Aug 2019

      This is still one of my personal faves of blogs that I've written - the story of a health myth based on unpublished research that is still being repeated today https://medium.com/athena-talks/bras-arent-bad-for-your-boobs-3dba3143e591 …

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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 14 Aug 2019

      The story is a wonderful example of how health myths come about Picture this - it's 2013. A distinguished French sports scientist is talking live on radio about his researchpic.twitter.com/J0JAmwvjut

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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 14 Aug 2019

      As part of the interview, he mentions an interesting study that he's conducting - measuring the breasts of bra-wearing women and women who don't wear bras to see if there's a difference

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    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 14 Aug 2019

      For some reason (my hypothesis - people love boobs) this is more interesting than his other major research interests which include rehab for elderly people and psychometric effects of biathlonspic.twitter.com/4WtrJ91WWO

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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 14 Aug 2019

      The basic idea is that this researcher has found that women who use bras have "saggier" breasts than women who don't, over time (16 years) Momentous stuff

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    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 14 Aug 2019

      France Info puts out a press release, and the story goes instantly viral Covered across the world, translated into multiple languages, put out in almost every form imaginablepic.twitter.com/3rhgMoNdz3

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    7. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 14 Aug 2019

      And this story is still being repeated word-for-word half a decade later Here's a piece from January this year that is basically indistinguishable from the media noise in 2013 https://culturacolectiva.com/technology/benefits-of-not-wearing-bra …

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    8. Beth Skwarecki‏Verified account @BethSkw 14 Aug 2019
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      This guy AGAIN???

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    9. Beth Skwarecki‏Verified account @BethSkw 14 Aug 2019
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      A few years back I spent a while trying to track down what the hell was going on here. Found a radio interview he gave, and I think there was a tv interview with one of the women in the study (she did orienteering iirc). That was it.

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 14 Aug 2019
      Replying to @BethSkw

      Nah not again lol, was just reminded of this story and thought I'd share it because it's one of the most ridiculous I've come across

      6:54 PM - 14 Aug 2019
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