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closeinterpretation of the study results
Posted by freidl on 23 Apr 2014 at 11:43 GMT
The most plausible interpretation of the study results would be that persons who perceive themselves as less healthy tend to eat a healthier diet, i.e. less meat, which corresponds to the broad consensus in nutritional science. A reversed causality does not seem plausible at all.
RE: interpretation of the study results
dr_ewan_cameron replied to freidl on 06 Feb 2016 at 14:46 GMT
Yeah, this is not the only study in which these authors push their agenda through wilful misinterpretation of bad statistics: http://www.lifescienceglo...