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Some people here seem to be upset. I don't get it. More than 40% of US adults are obese. The rates of chronic diseases are through the roof. There's obviously

Some people here seem to be upset. I don't get it. More than 40% of US adults are obese. The rates of chronic diseases are through the roof. There's obviously a systemic problem in these institutions who are tasked with the well-being of the country. We know of many fraud in social sciences (ever heard of priming research?), medical science (eg. alzheimer researchs) and nutritional science (eg. saturated fats). In fact I'd argue it has become systemically untrustworthy. Robert Kennedy Jr vowed for: (a) dedicating 20% of science funding to replication studies, (b) systemic publication of peer reviews alongside papers, (c) publication of null results. Which seems like a very good improvement over what we have now. The field is in dire need of a reform. Am I missing something? PS: I am not from the USA.

shortrounddev2 2y ago
Do you believe that it is the responsibility of the NIH to decide what Americans eat?
- macleginn 2y ago
  Some governments are definitely in the business of advising people what they should eat and shielding them from harmful ads (cf. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10453145/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10453145/ and https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-023-02726-9 https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s1291...).
  - shortrounddev2 2y ago
    Yes but do you believe that that is what the NIH specifically does? Because that's what the FDA and USDA are supposed to do
nixpulvis 2y ago
Yes, let's blame scientists for obesity. Not the fact that most of our society has been built around fatty foods and cars to get everywhere. Where are these scientists arguing for that?! Hell, science has been wrong on a number of health issues. But diet and exercise has been a staple of good health science for as long as I can remember. Your blaming the wrong institutions.
tootie 2y ago
RFK believes in things that are provably false and you seemingly believe things without evidence either. Our institutions cause obesity? Who keeps refusing protect the environment? Who refused to directly address the COVID crisis when it was starting and pedalled fake cures. Effective policy is hard to get right but the Trump admin are immeasurably worse than the alternatives.
jccalhoun 2y ago
Assuming all these things are true, RFKjr is not qualified. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr.#Anti-vaccine_advocacy_and_conspiracy_theories_on_public_health https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr.#Anti-vac...

shortrounddev2 2y ago

Do you believe that it is the responsibility of the NIH to decide what Americans eat?

macleginn 2y ago
Some governments are definitely in the business of advising people what they should eat and shielding them from harmful ads (cf. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10453145/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10453145/ and https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-023-02726-9 https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s1291...).
- shortrounddev2 2y ago
  Yes but do you believe that that is what the NIH specifically does? Because that's what the FDA and USDA are supposed to do

nixpulvis 2y ago

Yes, let's blame scientists for obesity. Not the fact that most of our society has been built around fatty foods and cars to get everywhere. Where are these scientists arguing for that?! Hell, science has been wrong on a number of health issues. But diet and exercise has been a staple of good health science for as long as I can remember. Your blaming the wrong institutions.

tootie 2y ago

RFK believes in things that are provably false and you seemingly believe things without evidence either. Our institutions cause obesity? Who keeps refusing protect the environment? Who refused to directly address the COVID crisis when it was starting and pedalled fake cures. Effective policy is hard to get right but the Trump admin are immeasurably worse than the alternatives.

jccalhoun 2y ago

Assuming all these things are true, RFKjr is not qualified. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr.#Anti-vaccine_advocacy_and_conspiracy_theories_on_public_health https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr.#Anti-vac...