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Re:Better cognitive ability from less snacking of processed ... by closeparen on Thursday May 25, 2023 @09:07AM (#36070256)
Something I have always wondered: many people get most/all their nutrition from an institutional cafeteria (college campus, military base, arguably tech company). Why couldn’t they consent to experimentation on what it serves them?
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Re:Better cognitive ability from less snacking of processed ... by L_226 on Thursday May 25, 2023 @09:40AM (#36070578)
How do you know they didn't - how many people read the full T&C's for anything?
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Re:Better cognitive ability from less snacking of processed ... by mschuster91 on Thursday May 25, 2023 @09:46AM (#36070644)
Most people only get lunch from cafeterias, not to mention all the unhealthy shit we snack on all the time.
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Re:Better cognitive ability from less snacking of processed ... by FredPret on Thursday May 25, 2023 @10:16AM (#36071026)
What about the confounding variable that your test population all have something non-nutritional in common: the institution.

Large-scale high-quality research on humans isn't possible.

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Re:Better cognitive ability from less snacking of processed ... by AuryGlenz on Thursday May 25, 2023 @12:56PM (#36073127)
Here's an example of study that was done like that and the results were never published:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/records-found-in-...

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