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Re:People are bad at reporting what they eat. That's a probl... by lt_snuffles on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @09:17AM (#42780300)
I feel bad for suggesting this, but what about using prison population for researching dietary science? Every single part of their life is controlled. As long as it's humane (stuff like coffee vs no coffee).
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Re:People are bad at reporting what they eat. That's a probl... by bluGill on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @10:50AM (#42781439)
This has been done. However prisoners have very different activity levels - they are confined to a cell for 20 hours a day. Office works get up a lot more often and generally are in the office less hours.
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Re:People are bad at reporting what they eat. That's a probl... by onlyrealcuzzo on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @10:05AM (#42780883)
They're not guaranteed to eat what they are served - unless you're going to do force feeding as well.

So it's still not great.

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Re:People are bad at reporting what they eat. That's a probl... by keybored on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @01:04PM (#42783284)
A certain prison industrial complex does not need more incentives.
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