Posted on 06/18/2019 9:48:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Facebook... posts may be able to predict whether someone will develop diabetes and other conditions including depression, anxiety, alcohol abuse, sexually-transmitted diseases, and drug abuse better than demographic information like age, sex, and race.
People who often use the words “God” and “pray” in their Facebook posts are 15 times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than people who rarely use those terms on the platform, a new study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine finds.
Raina Merchant, the lead author of the study and the director of Penn Medicine’s Center for Digital Health, said she didn’t know exactly why “God” and “pray” were linked to diabetes.
Perhaps less surprisingly, the words “drink” and “bottle” predict alcohol abuse, and expletives suggest drug abuse. “Social media posts are often about someone’s lifestyle choices and experiences or how they’re feeling,” Merchant wrote.
Merchant’s team conducted a similar study last year and found that Facebook posts could predict a diagnosis of depression three months before the diagnosis at a clinic.
“It’s not surprising that someone who is depressed may be posting about their mood,” Merchant told MarketWatch in an interview. “But we have less knowledge of the language of, say, diabetes, so it’s something we wanted to look into.”
Merchant is hopeful that social-media posts could one day help doctors diagnose diseases like diabetes early or prevent them altogether, but there’s still more research to do before your doctor begins analyzing your status updates. Merchant plans to conduct a large study later this year that shares social-media information directly with health providers.
“There is so much data and we, as providers, aren’t trained to interpret it ourselves,”
Analyzing social-media posts presents obvious privacy concerns, but the ability to predict or prevent diabetes could save Americans a lot of money.
(Excerpt) Read more at marketwatch.com ...
Doubtful....he’s one of these kids the libs like to call their own. Since he supports gays could be he is one...who knows...but one of the things Dems do is “use” these kids on a constant. They’ve indoctrinated them so well all they have to do is push their ego buttons and it’s a go....
The kids and LGBT supporter...
They need to loose weight.....would solve most of the problem.....
I’m with you on that 100%
We don’t know if that is a real “James”.
Ah! Please forgive me but I intend to start using that line immediately and often!
African Americans are more likely to mention their religion online, according to a survey of online dating profiles I once read. And given that African American churches are largely Democrat-friendly, they are the ones most likely to be comfortable talking about their religion in public.
I have an old friend, a Church goer, who has Type 2 diabetes and a heart condition. He is grossly overweight.
He refuses to even consider changes to his diet, declaring that he is on "low fat" and that's the end of that discussion.
I mentioned to his wife that "low fat" has been pretty much disregarded/discarded nowadays as ineffective, but she just rolls her eyes. I suggested Keto or at least low carb and her response was she would rather follow the "low carb" regime despite the fact that it isn't working. BTW, this woman is a registered nurse.
Long story short, it is completely illogical that a person with a potentially deadly condition would refuse to even discuss a cure that has been proven to work.
I think it speaks to the power that eating, food, and gluttony has over people in general.
Society speaks clearly in its disapproval of alcohol and drug abuse, but not about the addiction to food.
Using Facebook causes depression
Well tell him (and his wife) if he doesn’t he can call it quits on any sexual activity. I know a guy who wouldn’t drop the weight or listen to his Dr. either......not only is he now on diabetic medication that curbs the sex drive... but he has “outbreaks” where a guy wouldn’t want that to happen. Needless to say his lady friend cut and ran.
I pray to God the IHOP is open.
In fact, I would say that their conditions collectively are not only impediments to their own sex life, but to the sex lives of all who know them.
Photos posted on street corners of them fully clothed could bring population booms in India or China to a screeching halt.
“The authors a kid”
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The author resembles Eddie Haskell (Leave It to Beaver; only younger)
From what is heard, surprised that any post referring to GOD and PRAYER is still seen on a FB screen and not yet been scrubbed clean.
The words “God” and “Prayer” in certain contexts will also get you kicked off of facebook.
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What’s he, lie 12 or 13?
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Even 7th day adventists? Indeed...
Just one of many reasons I’m not on F-c-book. F them.
All Facebook posters will die one day. But not all get the same next chapter. Learn Isaiah 53 and John 17.
Marxistwatch is just an anti-Trump mess. CNN with some graphs basically.
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