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I wouldn't be so quick to presume causality when it may just as well be correlation. In other words, California probably isn't a wealthy state because it is le
by jjeaff 6y ago
I wouldn't be so quick to presume causality when it may just as well be correlation.
In other words, California probably isn't a wealthy state because it is less obese than most other states. It probably less obese than other states because it is wealthy.
- nradov 6y agoObesity prevalence by country: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2228rank.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/... There are both rich and poor countries near the top of the list.
- prawn 6y agoReplying very late, but I've always found it interesting that in poorer countries, obesity can indicate wealth (you have money to overindulge) whereas in richer countries it's often the reverse (poorer people buying sugary/fast food, can't justify a gym membership, etc).
- bonzini 6y agoLooking younger does correlate with both wealth and health. But while wealth and obesity are only correlated, there's certainly a casual relationship from obesity to health, and therefore from obesity to looking older.
- turing_complete 6y agoThere is probably a third variable that explains both physical fitness and wealth: education or discipline for instance. Of course, it is more than one variable. Reality tends to be multidimensional.
- Ensorceled 6y agoWhat causality are you implying here? My extended family is all blue collar for the most part and almost all live in the same few small towns. I'm saying, in my blue collar family, the cousins who stayed fit, thin, avoiding alcoholism and smoking look a decade or more younger than those that didn't.