Why don't weight loss websites/blogs quote real studies?
And by real studies I'm talking peer-reviewed by credible, less biased researchers and repeatable, recent studies. There seem to be so many places that say they are taking their information from a study but when you really look into it generally just links to another website that says they are getting they're info from a study who then is getting it from another website; and so on and so forth. It's like the game of telephone where legitimate studies (if you can actually find the one they're talking about) is so skewed that insignificant data becomes "ground-breaking!!!!" Or they take from studies that were done over half a century ago where the data hasn't been replicated. Heck, they're may even be more recent studies that have disproved the original study.
So many weight loss myths are started this way and people believe them, generally because of availability heuristics. I don't have very many specific examples off hand, it's just a frustration that's been growing.
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Here's an example, starvation mode: if you eat too little you'll gain weight. Common sense doesn't even support that claim. If starvation mode was real then children in third world countries would be putting on weight and anorexic wouldn't look so emaciated. I'm not saying eating too little is healthy for your body, bu
Last edited by LovelyLeah; 06-20-2015 at 11:07 AM.
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