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The problem with this study is that all nutritional studies are unreliable, and the problem is getting worse. > These implausible estimates of benefits or risk
by cwyers 8y ago
The problem with this study is that all nutritional studies are unreliable, and the problem is getting worse.
> These implausible estimates of benefits or risks associated with diet probably reflect almost exclusively the magnitude of the cumulative biases in this type of research, with extensive residual confounding and selective reporting.3 Almost all nutritional variables are correlated with one another; thus, if one variable is causally related to health outcomes, many other variables will also yield significant associations in large enough data sets. With more research involving big data, almost all nutritional variables will be associated with almost all outcomes. Moreover, given the complicated associations of eating behaviors and patterns with many time-varying social and behavioral factors that also affect health, no currently available cohort includes sufficient information to address confounding in nutritional associations.
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Someone will come out two weeks from now and say booze makes you immortal.