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Walking faster could make you live longer
- madeuptempacct 8y ago"Assuming our results reflect cause and effect, these analyses suggest that increasing walking pace may be a straightforward way for people to improve heart health and risk for premature mortality" Why would you assume cause & effect rather than correlation - if you have health problems, you don't walk as fast. This is sensationalist bs.
- bluGill 8y agoInteresting, but this is an observation study, and thus subject to obvious confounding factors. What comes to mind immediately is someone who is seriously sick (as opposed to a cold) is likely to walk slower, and thus the slow pace is a result not a cause. Surprisingly I didn't see this confounding factor discussed in the paper even though it should be controlled for if possible.