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57 sats \ 9 replies \ @Undisciplined 4 Oct \ on: For the first time in decades, the obesity rate has fallen. charts_and_numbers

One possibility is that Covid and its comorbidity with obesity was a wake up call for these folks. "College educated" is a pretty good proxy for "covid hysteric".

211 sats \ 7 replies \ @zuspotirko OP 4 Oct

Covid happened in 2020. Obesity rate made a sharp angle in 2023. Your explanation doesn't make sense to me since nothing happened in 2021 and 2022.

I think Ozempic is the more likely explanation

51 sats \ 3 replies \ @BTC_Bellzer 4 Oct

Took a little bit for the jab to wipe out quite a few

31 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 4 Oct

I don't think those excess death numbers are very significant compared to obesity numbers, but that explanation would also fit the college vs non-college observations.

29 sats \ 1 reply \ @BTC_Bellzer 4 Oct

No, I just think it contributes is all

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 4 Oct

Yeah, whatever the explanation, there was an increase in the death rate of obese people during those years.

5 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 4 Oct

That certainly might be the better explanation.

The kink point in the chart seems to be right during the pandemic, though, and the rate of increase appears to have already started declining. I'm not sure it points unambiguously towards a 2023 effect.

22 sats \ 1 reply \ @tomlaies 4 Oct

The kink point in the chart seems to be right during the pandemic, though, and the rate of increase appears to have already started declining.

2023 was the first year with a decline

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 4 Oct

The previous data point appears to be 2020, though. You can't say from that when the decline started.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 4 Oct

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