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These headlines need help. A laymen's term for "adiposity" could save me a google and it wouldn't hurt my nerd feelings.
by mdanger007 7y ago
These headlines need help. A laymen's term for "adiposity" could save me a google and it wouldn't hurt my nerd feelings.
- thedudeabides5 7y agoAgreed. How about this tldr: low fat milk makes you fat
- 6c696e7578 7y agoYou can have an updoot for that.
- ncphillips 7y agoI would expect that for the Washington Post, but this is the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition; it’s target audience are not laymen.
- throwaway5752 7y agoChanging headlines is discouraged in https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html ("Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize.") This is a link to a scientific journal, so the context is experts in the field that are familiar with the jargon. If you look at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3063466/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3063466/ it's a fairly technical term that roughly means "obesity".
- exegete 7y agoThe title on HN right now is not the title of the article (“ Whole milk compared with reduced-fat milk and childhood overweight: a systematic review and meta-analysis”).
- throwaway5752 7y agoYou are completely right, looks like they took the first line of the conclusion instead. Thank you!
- alpaca128 7y agoIs it really such an uncommon term? I've once seen a comedian get quite a laugh with that word. Although to be fair my parents both work in the health field, so I can't claim to have an unbiased experience in this case.