Posted on 11/24/2004 12:56:13 PM PST by weegee
Whew, just in time for thanksgiving!! Pass the gravy!
I wonder how many times they DON'T admit their errors.
I wonder if there has been any lawsuit using this error result as an argument against somebody or some company.
"I wonder how many times they DON'T admit their errors."
...when it concerns gun "studies" and smoking.
The diet industry is more interested in selling diet solutions than presenting a correct assessment of obesity. Sure people die from obesity related illness, but I think the CDC is just their willing cohort here.
Hey! This happened on the Clinton watch, no wonder it's being corrected
LOL! Screw the carbs. Leave some stuffing for me!
Do these JAMA's make my ass look fat ?
Didn't the standard weights for obesity get readjusted? "More" can be a relative term.
Weight is relative, and a perception thing. My wife perceives that she is 8 pounds overweight, I'm about 10 pounds underweight.
Doesn't the CDC have anything better to focus on? Sheeeesh!
You beat me to it!!!!
This is another case of "scientists" with no common sense. Didn't anyone, anyone of those scientists, question their calculations? Is the computer output the absolute answer anymore??
When it comes to the lifestyle nannies, the answer is yes.
This is funny... the people who are complainng the most about this are those employed in the Anti-smoking movement -
If they are not the big killer on the block, they figure that their funding will go down as money gets siphoned off to the Anti-fat movement.
You make a very valid point.........that is EXACTLY why the anti-smokers are complaining about this. Of course they aren't complaining the statistical processes used to come up with the smoking numbers are just as manipulated.
To do that would jeapordize their cushy jobs.
"To do that would jeapordize their cushy jobs."
Kind of gives them an incentive to make sure that they dont do their jobs TOO well also - can't really have people quit smoking, now can we ?
Exactly...I could not believe that they actually tried to get involved in/support the anti-gun lobby with that BS they put out concerning handgun violence....better stick to what they know best (or not, as it appears)
Obesity implies pentiful amounts of food that are easily obtained for consumption.
Throughout history, man has had to struggle for a reliable source of food.
I would rather die fat and happy then thin and starving.
What *else* are they wrong about?
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