tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post2636581506965651239..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: BBC expresses scepticism about study!Christopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-75527481898033048752013-01-07T21:34:08.893+00:002013-01-07T21:34:08.893+00:00Happy new year Chris, look forward to reading your...Happy new year Chris, look forward to reading your blog through 2013.Colonel Shotoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13444102378439405819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-55321723816115583902013-01-04T13:47:44.212+00:002013-01-04T13:47:44.212+00:00UCSF recruiting our next class of postdoctoral fel...UCSF recruiting our next class of postdoctoral fellows<br />Submitted by sglantz on Thu, 2013-01-03 14:30<br /><br />Academic Background Required:Doctorate/Equivalent Degree<br /><br /> <br /><br />The purpose of the fellowship is to attract individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds in medical, biological, social, behavioral, and policy sciences to develop a new generation of academic leaders in tobacco control. Upon completion of training, fellows will be well positioned to be active participants in crucial policy debates about the future development and implementation of tobacco control interventions. <br /><br />http://tobacco.ucsf.edu/ucsf-recruiting-our-next-class-postdoctoral-fellows<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-65334217711127562342013-01-04T13:42:59.033+00:002013-01-04T13:42:59.033+00:00Snowdon said...
I notice the reporters have s...Snowdon said...<br /><br /> I notice the reporters have stopped putting their name to BBC health stories. Shame? Guilt? Thinking about their future careers?<br /><br />It seems the recruitment of researchers for anti-tobacco and anti-obesity studies is getting harder and harder as the Nannys try and gather all the new Grads they can to put their names upon more junk science to keep the spin machine running.......I gather the older more experienced lot have figured it out and dont want to be shamed later on as indeed these reporters you talk about dont either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-36544034767602723682013-01-03T12:16:06.292+00:002013-01-03T12:16:06.292+00:00XX "Have you ever seen a 100-year-old human b...XX "Have you ever seen a 100-year-old human being who is overweight? The answer is you probably haven't." XX<br /><br />No...not that I know of, but then in all my years visiting, hospitals, and now working in one (having "retired" from my previous job), I have VERY rarely seen any one "overweight" in the heart-attack wards either.<br /><br />And WHEN was the last time one of these REALLY fat bastards was in the news for anything more serious than stealing our tax money to eat, or that the fire brigade had to order a low loader to get them to their toe nail polishing studio?<br /><br />Ever heard of one dying of a heart attack?Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-5466596325336684102013-01-03T12:06:25.280+00:002013-01-03T12:06:25.280+00:00"Obese face 'exercise or lose benefits..."Obese face 'exercise or lose benefits' threat, council says"<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20897681<br />Fredrik Eichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09985306468872702882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-966466010837724242013-01-03T11:18:40.652+00:002013-01-03T11:18:40.652+00:00"Have you ever seen a 100-year-old human bein..."Have you ever seen a 100-year-old human being who is overweight? The answer is you probably haven't."<br /><br />Probably because everyone becomes thin when they are old. Jonathan Bagleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331501151709216753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-14543655848080617282013-01-03T10:40:21.203+00:002013-01-03T10:40:21.203+00:00Wow, this is the exact same argument that happens ...Wow, this is the exact same argument that happens when you point out that, statistically, moderate drinkers live longer than teetotallers. The health police love meta reports as long as they say what they want them to say, but have a problem with the method when an inconvenient truth bubbles to the surface.Séan Billingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10347677720588826886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-62303742027289465002013-01-03T09:23:33.388+00:002013-01-03T09:23:33.388+00:00I'm not sure as to what this study is saying -...I'm not sure as to what this study is saying - have 2.8m people been studied for their entire lives, their weight been assessed on an ongoing basis, and then their mortality rates compared with their average weights?<br /><br />Or is it just 'this person has died and is fat now' vs 'this person has died and is thin now'? <br /><br />Because if its the latter, by definition, lots of people get thin before they die - cancer victims for example. So comparing age at death with weight at death doesn't help much IMO.Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11407417389022146963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-4990244517384957442013-01-03T07:31:34.071+00:002013-01-03T07:31:34.071+00:00It does seem to be the meme for our current era - ...It does seem to be the meme for our current era - if the orthodoxy doesn't fit the facts, then make the facts fit the orthodoxy. We see this approach in all the major issues now, most notably "health" and climate change.<br /><br />There must surely come a point when the serious scientists say "enough is enough" and break ranks. We can't continue deluding ourselves indefinitely. It's just too expensive, both financially and socially.nisakimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563041282703559939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-16925949078752212132013-01-03T01:59:38.160+00:002013-01-03T01:59:38.160+00:00I notice the reporters have stopped putting their ...I notice the reporters have stopped putting their name to BBC health stories. Shame? Guilt? Thinking about their future careers?Christopher Snowdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-39603461163557568332013-01-03T01:47:05.500+00:002013-01-03T01:47:05.500+00:00The BBC bosses do seem determined to destroy what ...The BBC bosses do seem determined to destroy what little remaining credibility the corporation has for quality news. Why else would they give the health editor's job to someone so incompetent, uncritical and agenda driven? Ivan Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364023294207490403noreply@blogger.com