The NYT is so pathetic when it comes to reporting on health issues that it should be banned from doing so from this point forward.
The "study" the story is built around was an epidemiological study, so it's based on correlations and data-mining, which anyone knows can be outcome-controlled simply by changing the end points.
The Times devotes one paragraph to this:
A small double-blind randomized study conducted at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center found that non-lactating women lost more body fat than lactating women at six months, and at a faster rate.
A double-blind randomized study is going to be far more accurate than data mining. Perhaps the danish people who tend to breast feed also tend to have more resilient metabolisms, or have different gut bacteria (which is usually genetic with geographic influences). But for the Times, all that really matters is press-release reporting and propagating nutrition myths. #health
I can see a new classifieds section going up on Craigslist for men willing to suckle lactating mums. But wait........it says small humans. Damn you! Men from NJ... #health
@momof3wildkids: It's the influenza diet! It's free, except for the medical bills that you'll be slapped with when you develop life threatening complications. Otherwise, a total deal - no expensive meal plan or work out equipment! #health
@momof3wildkids: I wasn't as bad as you, but I came down with the flu (I'm assuming swine strain) a couple weeks ago and it wasn't at all fun. Had some mild asthma problems, but nothing serious. Hope you're feeling better! #health
@momof3wildkids: Isn't it awesome? I can't wait till my next round of botulism. This is why I am obsessed with danger-foods like raw beef and sushi from odd places. #health
@jaxdesert: I had a friend who had tainted raspberries from Guatamala about 12 years ago. She looked fabulous for an entire summer until she had to do something to clear up the infection.
Now, at the ripe ole age of 42, she frantically scans the supermarket aisle to find out from where the winter raspberries are imported. Hard to find some from Guatamala. #health
I'm really curious as to how other people are using facebook, and being FORCED to look at something they don't want to see? I've been on FB for 6 months, and so far I haven't seen anything offensive except old pictures of myself drinking at Tosca and having a grand old time. Maybe the people who are offended need to think about their usage of FB and not friend every single person who asks? Or they could just grow up and move on?
Why is it so important to show your tits off? lI don't understand why women think they're being opressed when they can't show titty shots online just like they can't walk around half naked irl. Even in places where it's ok to shoe em sometimes, you don't flap around just walking down the street every day. I can only conclude that women want to make their profiles pornorific and they're using feminism as a lever.
@BytheSea: Women should be able to go topless where men are able to go topless. The discrepancy says that women's bodies are more profane than men's bodies. The discrepancy is sexist.
@GinaRomantica: There can't even be the suggestion of breasts. Or the word breast. I hope they yank all the pics of fat shirtless dudes, too, 'cause that's close enough.
@PeterCeterisParibus: I agree. There's a difference between feeding your child and being an exhibitionist--that's why there are nursing blankets and such if you want to do this in public.
One of these days, America will join the rest of the world and realize that seeing breasts in different contexts--on the beach, feeding a child in public, empowering women with cancer--will not actually melt the brain and lead the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse to swoop down and kill us all. Good for her. Facebook? Time to fucking grow up.
@ChillbearLatrigue: He was honest, especially about our need to cut our fuel consumption and get off the Saudi tit. And I firmly believe that that honesty is why we hate him so much. On the other hand, Reagan the pitchman sold us a fantasy--we could have it all and nothing anywhere ever need to be regulated or taxed--and we bought in hook, line and sinker. Or some of us did.
I think they try to keep the nudity to a minimum to avoid becoming like Myspace. If you dare to venture over there, you would see that most of those pics are soft core porn. It's filled with slutty teenagers and wannabe rappers. Not that that's a bad thing...
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Before you dismiss this, look at the evidence. #health
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The "study" the story is built around was an epidemiological study, so it's based on correlations and data-mining, which anyone knows can be outcome-controlled simply by changing the end points.
The Times devotes one paragraph to this:
A small double-blind randomized study conducted at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center found that non-lactating women lost more body fat than lactating women at six months, and at a faster rate.
A double-blind randomized study is going to be far more accurate than data mining. Perhaps the danish people who tend to breast feed also tend to have more resilient metabolisms, or have different gut bacteria (which is usually genetic with geographic influences). But for the Times, all that really matters is press-release reporting and propagating nutrition myths. #health
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All told, in the past three weeks I've dropped over 12 lbs and all I did was NOTHING.
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Now, at the ripe ole age of 42, she frantically scans the supermarket aisle to find out from where the winter raspberries are imported. Hard to find some from Guatamala. #health
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I've got an old breast pump for sale. #health
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The women who post pictures of themselves breastfeeding: obnoxious. Tolerance may be a virtue, but so is modesty, no?
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So MySpace is like a suburban mall on the weekends?
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WHY DOES NO ONE TELL ME THESE THINGS????
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