Recent reporting in JAMA turns science into a politically correct blunt instrument. Echoed in the news reports, it reads something like "Obesity is an epidemic, we're eating ourselves to death". Reportedly, being too fat is now the number two cause of death in the US, trailing only "tobacco".
In fact, the JAMA study returns something similar to the directed surveys conducted by self-interested commercial groups in order to promote their doctrine. It is difficult for me to discern exactly what the medical establishment hopes to accomplish here, but the smell of cooked results is too strong to avoid. The findings of the survey were arrived at by polling "cause of death" reports. Anything remotely related to various politically correct categories is lumped together. Thus, "heart disease" is magically transformed into all others that result from "poor diet and exercise" as a cause of death. Everything in this category is automatically deemed to be associated with obesity or sedentary lifestyle, thus returning the desired "epidemic". While this is poor science and poor journalism, perhaps it is better to lie about the survey in order to scare a few fat folks into following the AMA dietary and lifestyle recommendations. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=TEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------
