tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post1517880869786144204..comments2023-10-31T04:16:04.331-05:00Comments on Feed Me!: Fat kills. Except when it doesn't.Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09774535311853591028noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-72439035178031087372007-06-15T07:43:00.000-05:002007-06-15T07:43:00.000-05:00I love it, Marcella!I love it, Marcella!Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09774535311853591028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-63986287911141151752007-06-15T02:05:00.000-05:002007-06-15T02:05:00.000-05:00Thanks to the science of the good people at Liverp...Thanks to the science of the good people at Liverpool University I have found the cause of anorexia.<BR/><BR/>Yesterday I went to a local supermarket and queued in isle 3. It was obvious that the lady in front of me was anorexic. I happen to know that the checkout lady has a daughter who is currently in hospital with AN, and then our queue was joined by another mother whose daughter is quite sick. No one else anywhere else in the supermarket appeared to be suffering. So, using scientific quantification I can confidently say that Isle 3 at Waitrose Supermarket is the cause of AN.Fiona Marcellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07985022521354870620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-84127800791184382212007-06-14T20:01:00.000-05:002007-06-14T20:01:00.000-05:00I like that correlation-causation warning. I don't...I like that correlation-causation warning. I don't think we really know what the causation is. But people sure do jump to conclusions.Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09774535311853591028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-89660405800561567932007-06-14T08:52:00.000-05:002007-06-14T08:52:00.000-05:00Erm, the last phrase of the sentence in the first ...Erm, the last phrase of the sentence in the first paragraph should read: Again, not necessarily having anything to do with <B>obesity</B>. Sorry.Avian Mooch, or a Really Angry Cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604427451040587143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-79541577472554620952007-06-14T08:50:00.000-05:002007-06-14T08:50:00.000-05:00Is this like cancer, where the survival rate has g...Is this like cancer, where the survival rate has gone up but the occurrence is still the same, or can it actually be believed if the incidence is going down? Because if the amount of coronary heart disease has remained the same, or gone up, then it's most likely that the technology used for <I>treatments</I> have improved, or the treatments themselves. Again, not necessarily having anything to do with heart disease.<BR/><BR/>There are thousands of obese vegans out there. I'M obese, and a vegan. We aren't exactly dropping over dead of heart attacks, you know. So I rather doubt that this has anything at all to do with obesity, but in eating habits.<BR/><BR/>We have a saying where I come from. It goes, "CORRELATION != CAUSATION."<BR/><BR/>It is, however, a good excuses to let your morals on what humans -- women in particular -- <I>should</I> look like even though the science doesn't back you up.Avian Mooch, or a Really Angry Cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604427451040587143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-15176857023795898112007-06-14T08:07:00.000-05:002007-06-14T08:07:00.000-05:00fat fu,I LOVE this! If it weren't so upsetting it ...fat fu,<BR/><BR/>I LOVE this! If it weren't so upsetting it would be hilarious. It reflects perfectly the messed-up relationship our culture has fat. You'll notice that when findings appear to point in the other direction, there is no hesitation in attributing causality to fat. If there's the slightest chance that fat might be implicated in a negative way, everyone's all over that.<BR/><BR/>This is so great that I'm going to put up a new post on it, to make sure the most people see it. Unbelievable.Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09774535311853591028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-67413419528522505902007-06-14T06:09:00.000-05:002007-06-14T06:09:00.000-05:00Hmm, that link isn't working. Let's try this again...Hmm, that link isn't working. Let's try this again:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSPAR36336520070613" REL="nofollow"><BR/>Obesity Paradox</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-89944065796195457332007-06-14T06:07:00.000-05:002007-06-14T06:07:00.000-05:00In the face of this, you have to love this article...In the face of this, you have to love this article:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSPAR36336520070613<br/>" REL="nofollow"><BR/>Obesity Paradox Seen in Range of Heart Ills</A><BR/><BR/>Yup, "obese" people with heart disease do better, and also maybe after heart bypass. It <I>must</I> be a "paradox" because we all know fat is a death sentence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-2396742732822143912007-06-14T02:04:00.000-05:002007-06-14T02:04:00.000-05:00Part of the reason for the rise in diabetes could ...Part of the reason for the rise in diabetes could be that people aren't dying of heart disease (or indeed of diphtheria or cholera) "early enough" and are living long enough for their endocrine systems to wear out. Part of it is definitely better and earlier diagnosis. I do believe that obesity IS a problem for a subset of the population, but cries of "obesity epidemic" are dangerous rubbish which will lead to an epidemic of eating disorders and since most people don't have the genetic predisposition to anorexia this will mainly be binge-eating leading to more obesity not less.Fiona Marcellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07985022521354870620noreply@blogger.com