http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/ 2010/03/08/women-drinkers- gain-less-weight/?em
What could be completely non-biology-related reason that this study found the results it did? The writing would leave someone to believe it's actually the alcohol that's helping people lose weight. But it doesn't appear that there's any attempt to study the causality, resulting in a rather misleading article. Could it be that women that consume alcohol are more socially active and more wealthy, both things which would increase the incentive (or the the possibility of being able to afford) to stay healthy? Would the same incentive/economic model apply for men?
PS: naturally the comments include a good deal of similarly-spirited skepticism, which is good at least.
What could be completely non-biology-related reason that this study found the results it did? The writing would leave someone to believe it's actually the alcohol that's helping people lose weight. But it doesn't appear that there's any attempt to study the causality, resulting in a rather misleading article. Could it be that women that consume alcohol are more socially active and more wealthy, both things which would increase the incentive (or the the possibility of being able to afford) to stay healthy? Would the same incentive/economic model apply for men?
PS: naturally the comments include a good deal of similarly-spirited skepticism, which is good at least.
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