I would love to see the BMI as another dimension in the study. Given that a portion of meat would have _10-20x_ more calories than an equal amount of vegetables

I would love to see the BMI as another dimension in the study. Given that a portion of meat would have _10-20x_ more calories than an equal amount of vegetables, you need to try hard to get overweight on a mostly vegetarian diet. Of course, stating that red meat causes CVD is much more sensationalist than merely confirming that extra weight does it, since it implies that ~90% of the population [0] are making an unhealthy choice. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism_by_country