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Re:Overweight overtakes tobacco smoking as the leading disea... by tptacek on Thursday December 12, 2024 @01:39AM (#42396800)
No, they haven't. The opposite thing has happened (I owe another thread details): as we've shifted to genomics, the estimates have cratered. This isn't an "activist" thing.

You know you're in trouble when people start implying that actual genomic and quantitative psychological research in academic labs is suspect because of "taboos". In fact, since you made that point, and since I really shouldn't be digging into this before responding to the other person I said I would respond to: I'll leave it there.

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Re:Overweight overtakes tobacco smoking as the leading disea... by pkkkzip on Thursday December 12, 2024 @03:02PM (#42402826)
All you've done here is just offer your conjectures not facts. I understand, you have a business to run that hinges on the reputation of your political ideology not actual SLA uptime.
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Re:Overweight overtakes tobacco smoking as the leading disea... by tptacek on Thursday December 12, 2024 @04:53PM (#42403800)
In case anybody was wondering whether you were commenting in good faith.
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