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Likely this is because people who are dieting are overweight. This is looking at damaged people and then drawing a conclusion. Pretty good chance these people w
by pard68 4y ago
Likely this is because people who are dieting are overweight. This is looking at damaged people and then drawing a conclusion. Pretty good chance these people would have died similar deaths regardless of diet. Better study would compare them to a control group to determine if risk went down or if life expectancy went up.
- gitfan86 4y agoThis is the elephant in the room with MUCH of the healthcare system. They report drug X or treatment Y resulted in a 40% improvement of outcome for patient. But what they don't say is people who didn't take the drug but avoided obesity and excess Alcohol, Drugs, Tobacco had a 70% better outcome.
- bee_rider 4y agoIs it really an elephant in the room? Every time I’ve had a (luckily mild!) issue they’ve suggested lifestyle changes.