The causation goes the opposite direction. If your kid is already fat, you won't give them candy. If your kid is thin, they can have some. Thinness causes ca

The causation goes the opposite direction. If your kid is already fat, you won't give them candy. If your kid is thin, they can have some. Thinness causes candy intake, more so than candy intake causes thinness. The study cleverly misframes that.