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"This research only suggests a causal association..." This wipes out the assumptions that most people seem to be making. People who are active sit down less.
by rlpb 14y ago
"This research only suggests a causal association..."
This wipes out the assumptions that most people seem to be making.
People who are active sit down less. People who are active have a longer life expectancy. So be active. QED.
Nothing about this says that if you change your behaviour by sitting down less, you will live longer. Even TFA acknowledges this.
Conclusion: this article tells us nothing new, and nothing that we wouldn't have assumed already.
- lusr 14y agoAgreed; the title of this post is horribly inaccurate and the article is fluff that has been repeated over and over every year in every magazine and newspaper. I don't understand why this is receiving any attention at all; it seems most of the comments here are purely anecdotal data.
- pessimizer 14y agoWhy waste time doing a study with an unpredictable result? If you don't know the answer ahead of time, you may not be able to find a soundbite worthy correlation even after fishing with every statistical trick you know, and that = time and effort put in without adding any points to your score (or impact level or whatever.) Oh, wait. Science is why. That's an old school attitude, don't you think? My study about how a college education may lighten your skin is hotly anticipated. I wonder how it'll turn out?