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Thanks for the comment. I actually spent a considerably amount of time looking for a meaningful reference. I found the Popkess-Vawter 1998 reference, but could
by bdehaaff 13y ago
Thanks for the comment. I actually spent a considerably amount of time looking for a meaningful reference. I found the Popkess-Vawter 1998 reference, but could not find the original text. Do you have a better number for "failure" or reference that I could use? I would be happy to update the post.
- jacques_chester 13y agoHard to say. Either you rely on clinical studies, which give you pathologically-skewed sample bias, or you use the National Weight Control Registry, which will be skewed to people wanting to report successful weight control.
- bdehaaff 13y agoThanks. I am not an expert in this area (diet success data) and was simply trying to use an analogy. I guess I will leave it as is. I am not sure what else to do -- it seems that leaving it with no reference would be worse.
- jacques_chester 13y agoWell at least you can join the noble ranks of folk whose writing was tangentially nitpicked in the very first HN comment.
- bdehaaff 13y agoHappens every time. I have learned to expect it. It does make me spend a little more time though thinking through the counter arguments that are likely to be fired like spears.
- jacques_chester 13y agoComments like mine are why I always answer "please no" in those hypotheticals about meeting yourself.