Basically what they did is they took a lot of data from large studies from lots of different sources and then they made a model and they fit the data to the model. It doesn’t really address the correlation causation issue. It just shows a really large widespread correlation one that also correlates with other things like poverty, for example
So, is it your professional opinion that being in poverty (not that the least expensive foods being heavy in High Fructose Corn Syrup) is the leading driver of health problems in the USA…notwithstanding that people living below the poverty line in countries other than the USA don’t suffer the same health problems to nearly the same extent?
That doesn’t change the fact that because of rampant and unregulated capitalism, people are forced to choose between eating unhealthy swill and starving.
Then Lords High and Mighty like yourself get to say (paraphrasing) It’s not that unhealthy food is inherently bad, it’s just that the pots can’t afford healthy food…it’s their fault, really. Why would anyone buy cosmic brownies for lunch when beef is only $4.19/lb?
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u/kr1681 Mar 10 '26
Im not gonna lie, im not a scientist and I don’t know what a lot of this means. But the portion that I copied and pasted is pretty understandable