The annual number of deaths due to obesity is not something we have a clue how to estimate (if we can define it), so stop giving a number.
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@jasonroy0 ...& cheerfully reported total risk/excess death to "overweight". (I probably remember specifics wrong but that's the upshot) -
@jasonroy0 Also similar result for cholesterol: mortality risk for low cholesterol overwhelmingly greater than high, but no policy effect. -
@St_Rev but in both cases we have little clue about causality, since neither are easily directly manipulable. -
@jasonroy0 Right, it's inferential fails all the way down. Policy that doesn't work, and would be harmful if it did. -
@St_Rev let's all signal caring by harming
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