HAHAHAHA Study: only children display slightly worse eating behaviours than kids with siblings (n=68) Headlines: ONLY CHILDREN OBESE, HAVE MORE CHILDREN OR THEY'LL BE FATpic.twitter.com/FTMuPW5qzX
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HAHAHAHA Study: only children display slightly worse eating behaviours than kids with siblings (n=68) Headlines: ONLY CHILDREN OBESE, HAVE MORE CHILDREN OR THEY'LL BE FATpic.twitter.com/FTMuPW5qzX
I mean, leaving aside the fact that none of this could ever possibly be considered causal, the 'SEVEN TIMES' risk from the Mail is based on a difference of just 8 children between the groupspic.twitter.com/kEgJ2Hw7jN
But returning to the causality argument - you can't say that being an only child has ANY INFLUENCE WHATSOEVER based on this study
For one thing, these children were 2-4 years' old They might not be only children for much longer!pic.twitter.com/rDRX3qESS5
Could just be that 'first' children, regardless of whether they have siblings, are more likely to be obese Or one of 100,000 other factors!
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