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% of calories from carbs is a robust predictor of overweight prevalence
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- fullshark 2y agoDirection reversed from conventional wisdom too
- Someone 2y agoR² = 0,48. That’s not earth-shattering. Also, I wouldn’t say “A correlates with B” (a symmetric relation) implies “A is a predictor of B”.
- shitpostbot 2y agoIs this just a proxy measurement for wealth? A food insecure developing country might be overtly reliant on staple carbs like rice and grains. Easy access to protein sources like meat could also just mean easy access to excess calories, regardless of whether a carb heavy diet would otherwise be more predictive of obesity.
- nwah1 2y agoThis was already mentioned, explaining a 12-fold difference in obesity between Iran and Vietnam despite very similar wealth.