Mon, Sep-16-19, 16:04
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Posts: 1,596
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Plan: Carb reduction in general
Stats: 230/185/180
BF:
Progress: 90%
Location: Texas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CityGirl8
And it's worse than those statistics show, probably. Those are all self-reported numbers from people who take voluntarily take part in telephone surveys. Telephone surveys are notorious for missing large groups of people and it's gotten dramatically worse in the last 10 years when so many people have given up land lines and have their cell #s taken off the lists for marketing phone calls.
This means that surveys like this are unintentionally skewed towards the middle and upper classes and older people. Obesity is often considered a disease of the poor and if they aren't fully represented in those numbers, then it's worse than we think.
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First thing that jumps out to me, not at all a surprise, is that it tends to be worse where income and education are low (resulting in reduced income). As Gary Taubes said someplace, refined carbohydrates are the cheapest of foods. Like, bread, beans and oatmeal are a whole lot easier on the food budget than meat and eggs of any quality. I remember as a kid hearing my mom talk about a friend of hers who was saying she was on a "rich man's diet" to lose weight because she was eating stuff like meat rather than mac n cheese and more budget (but not health) friendly foods. Makes it harder when major public sources of "health" advice claim the low-fat carbs rather than meat, for instance, is the healthier choice. I've learned from personal experience otherwise.
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