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It looks like this is a meta-analysis, and the line "Twenty studies met the selection criteria representing 171,802 participants with 157,778 meat consumers and
by loser777 5y ago
It looks like this is a meta-analysis, and the line "Twenty studies met the selection criteria representing 171,802 participants with 157,778 meat consumers and 13,259 meat abstainers." suggests that this is a post hoc analysis so we can't rule out the most obvious confounding variable: are people who care more about externalities (e.g., as they pertain to meat eating, more likely to be depressed or anxious?
- Iv 5y agoGood point. If you are concerned with animal well-being, you are probably concerned with environmental issues as well, and it is hard to not be depressed in that case.
- CameronNemo 5y agoI read through the analysis looking for controls... no mention. I imagine some of the studies did include controls, but it us hard to see them.
- loeg 5y agoYeah, the abstract also says this, indirectly: > The current body of evidence precludes causal and temporal inferences.