tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post5034967590497545586..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: Junk food junk scienceChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-19916148240743374862014-06-03T12:18:39.027+01:002014-06-03T12:18:39.027+01:00Smokers buy less food to fund habit
Irish Health
...Smokers buy less food to fund habit<br /> Irish Health<br /> The survey was carried out in six European countries, including Ireland, where 1,000 people were questioned about their smoking spending habits.<br /><br />So High taxes don’t deter smoking but instead cause hunger and blackmarkets for tobacco!<br /><br />http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=23696<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-45861536616015502932014-06-02T17:12:34.894+01:002014-06-02T17:12:34.894+01:00I agree with Dr Evil. Since it is unpublished, we ...I agree with Dr Evil. Since it is unpublished, we don't know what exactly she did, but I don't see how her study could have been statistically significant with just 30 in each group. With her results it should have needed more like 200.Jonathan Bagleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331501151709216753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-85474698212731737072014-06-02T16:16:06.618+01:002014-06-02T16:16:06.618+01:00She had less than 30 kids watching the TV with Mic...She had less than 30 kids watching the TV with Micky D ads. Her sample size is ridiculously low for any statistical analysis to be meaningful. She would need 300-500 in each group to get anywhere and even then the batch size is low and her screening is rather poor mixing normal weighted kids with fat and obese ones. If this was a drug study she would be laughed at by every journal editor and his statistician.Dr Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00176521760477086914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-67533810520620326242014-06-02T15:36:24.940+01:002014-06-02T15:36:24.940+01:00"59 children, six of whom were overweight and..."59 children, six of whom were overweight and five obese"<br /><br />Only 8.5% were obese? Where's this epidemic they keep screaming about?Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14557242128662476043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-18418258123705361572014-06-02T11:17:50.368+01:002014-06-02T11:17:50.368+01:00I expect the Observer to be statist and untrustwor...I expect the Observer to be statist and untrustworthy but universities re publicly funded and ought to be judged on the quality of their academic output. Increasingly, they are being used as vehicles for those with political axes to grind and no idea what academic rigour entails. The result is that fewer and fewer people believe anything that comes out of them, which is unfortunate for the genuinely talented but perhaps they should try speaking up against garbage such as this. Ivan Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364023294207490403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-5978616047866010032014-06-02T10:00:02.920+01:002014-06-02T10:00:02.920+01:00This begs the question: what is fast food? Fried p...This begs the question: what is fast food? Fried potatoes, ground beef, a leaf of salad a piece of bread. My mother used to serve this kind of food quite often. What is wrong with that?Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16821473060642204067noreply@blogger.com