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I’m going to your comment as an example in my statistics class about correlation vs causality! Thanks!
by low_tech_love 2y ago
I’m going to your comment as an example in my statistics class about correlation vs causality! Thanks!
- rqtwteye 2y agoYou are welcome!
- LordDragonfang 2y agoCorrelation is not automatically causation, but it does imply a link. That is why you have to have to look into the many, many studies which have given evidence for a causative link. https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/weight-management/adult-overweight-obesity/health-risks https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/weight-manageme... Note that the list of diseases in that article includes every single one of the leading non-injury causes of death: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db355.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db355.htm (partially excluding cancer, and excluding flu, which does have a higher mortality among obese patients)
- low_tech_love 2y agoBut how do we deal with the fact that, up until recently, to only consistent way to lose weight and defeat obesity was to actually acquire healthier habits (in terms of e.g. food and physical activity)? Can we assume that taking a shortcut and becoming thinner by taking medicine will also lead to these benefits?