57 sats \ 9 replies \ @Undisciplined 11h \ 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".
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
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Took a little bit for the jab to wipe out quite a few
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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.
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No, I just think it contributes is all
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Yeah, whatever the explanation, there was an increase in the death rate of obese people during those years.
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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.
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The previous data point appears to be 2020, though. You can't say from that when the decline started.
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👀 #710708 during covid
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