It's a good thing that actual public health professionals look to data to understand risk rather than a comic strip artist's "strong feelings" about obesity. Shaming people for their health status or body weight will not offset the destruction of civilization he's fretting about.https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1260679741436125184 …
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In many cohorts, weight and risk are correlated. But controlling for confounders is critical to actionable decisions. There's no benefit to recommending weight loss if the problem is actually socioeconomic or health care disparities. Then the risk isn't individual, it's systemic.
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That's empty bullshit jargon. If high BMI people die at higher rates, they can make their own decisions about how to deal with it in the context of a national crisis. Knowing more would be great, but we don't. Come join us in the real world.
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