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Study: Fat People More Likely to Be Stupid
Breitbart ^
| 7/14/2016
| Ben Kew
Posted on 07/14/2016 1:46:49 PM PDT by bkopto
A new study suggests that people are are overweight tend to be less intelligent than those who are not.
According to the study, people who are overweight have less grey and white matter in key parts of the brain, meaning their brain develops an “altered reward processing,” effectively meaning they lack the ability to control their eating.
The results were extracted from “very thorough” brain scans of 32 people from Baltimore....
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: brain; fat; iq; obesity; stupid
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To: D Rider
When doing a study, if you do 30 interviews/tests/whatever you will get about 95% of the possible results. However, it simply tells you the significant “exemplars.” It is not predictive at all.
Far too many people use small samples to suggest cause and effect to get more grant money. And government idiots write them checks.
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posted on
07/14/2016 2:37:37 PM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
To: Talisker
French singer named Alizee. Sadly, she is now plastered in tattoos. No idea why you’d mark up something that nice.
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posted on
07/14/2016 2:47:14 PM PDT
by
Rastus
(#NeverHillary #AlwaysTrump)
To: Sir Napsalot
To: bkopto
More likely than Democrats?
ML/NJ
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posted on
07/14/2016 2:49:28 PM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: bkopto
Medical science has a very hard time sorting out cause and effect. Try ‘Stupid People are More Likely to be Fat’.
To: bkopto
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posted on
07/14/2016 3:02:10 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(That establishment heads from both sides are exploding over Trump is the very best part.)
To: Seruzawa
Bump for further research.
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posted on
07/14/2016 3:05:19 PM PDT
by
petercooper
(All the world's problems are caused by the sandrats, hoodrats, gimmedats, democrats and commiecrats.)
To: bkopto
A disciplined lifestyle maintaining healthy margins takes some thought.
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posted on
07/14/2016 3:12:27 PM PDT
by
lurk
(T)
To: Talisker
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posted on
07/14/2016 3:27:02 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(All those memories will be lost, like tears in rain.)
To: Seruzawa
No, it’s Alizee Jacoty. Wrong thread.
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posted on
07/14/2016 3:29:38 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(All those memories will be lost, like tears in rain.)
To: NorthMountain
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posted on
07/14/2016 3:50:31 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(Islam is a cancer on civilization.)
To: bkopto
So, then, to be fat and LIB is the “kiss of death”?
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posted on
07/14/2016 4:19:21 PM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
To: bkopto
If you don’t realize you are fat because you consume too many calories, yes, you are stupid.
To: NorthMountain
OMG,that picture is hysterical—and the RED pantsuit.
.
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posted on
07/14/2016 4:24:03 PM PDT
by
Mears
(Afrocentrism is "the invention of tradition"-----Hobsbawm)
To: Sir Napsalot
“Short and fat, you mean the World’s Smartest Woman Hillary?”
I was waiting for somebody to post a recent picture of her, as she looks VERY large lately. Does she get her pantsuits from the fat woman’s section of the store?
To: Lee Enfield
I’m very hefty too.
320lbs
6”1 and 1/2” tall
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Maybe since I’m on a diet I can look forward to losing weight and gaining brain!?
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posted on
07/14/2016 5:38:24 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
(Democrats use guns to shoot the innocent. Republicans use them for self-defense.)
To: bkopto
Only 32? I wonder if they were all from the same family..
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posted on
07/14/2016 7:04:59 PM PDT
by
Trillian
To: bkopto
The results were extracted from “very thorough” brain scans of 32 people from Baltimore.... 32 people? 32? From a single area?
That is not a study.
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posted on
07/14/2016 7:09:41 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: bkopto
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posted on
07/14/2016 7:11:06 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: bkopto; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...
The results were extracted from “very thorough” brain scans of 32 people from Baltimore....Maryland "Freak State" PING!
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posted on
07/14/2016 7:46:16 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Cuckservative: a "conservative" willing to raise another country's ideology in his own country)
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