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You missed my point: claims like "I merely pointed out that poor lifestyle choices are overwhelming our current healthcare financing system." are empirical in n
by someguydave 8y ago
You missed my point: claims like "I merely pointed out that poor lifestyle choices are overwhelming our current healthcare financing system." are empirical in nature and need empirical studies to demonstrate the truth of them.
- nradov 8y agoIt's been studied ad nauseum. And please don't waste our time asking for citations; there are a zillion peer reviewed articles which clearly demonstrate that lifestyle factors have expensive health consequences and that the situation is deteriorating. They're easy enough to find if you want to do more than argue.
- someguydave 8y agoPlease cite a study of higher quality than this one, which found intensive lifestyle intervention to be futile: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4339027/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4339027/
- nradov 8y agoI'm not sure why you persist in arguing against a point that I never made. It is well known that the majority of cases of some of the most expensive diseases such as type 2 diabetes or COPD are primarily caused by poor lifestyle choices. Whether effective lifestyle interventions can be found is an entirely separate issue.