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DatMurse

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usmcmp

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ETA: Is that 200 pounds of boneless meat per person in a year? I'm pretty sure I eat way more than that not including the 8 dozen eggs every week.

JeremiahStone

MEAT FTW!!!!! I think what matters when it comes to meat is where did you get it and what has it been eating.. If I could have a supply of free range chickens, all natural grass fed beef, and some wild fresh salmon I'd be a happy happy happy man..

jonnythan

Note the different scales on the x axis. They appear completely unrelated.

DatMurse

Note the different scales on the x axis. They appear completely unrelated.

oh well

DatMurse

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ETA: Is that 200 pounds of boneless meat per person in a year? I'm pretty sure I eat way more than that not including the 8 dozen eggs every week.

eggs are not meat

ldrosophila

um might want to show a graph comparison of something like the use of antibiotics or medical technology...unless this is a joke post which i often dont get

Sqeekyjojo

Note the different scales on the x axis. They appear completely unrelated.

Just look at the gradient for the same period, then. The trend is still life expectancy increasing with increased meat consumption.



However, correlation isn't causation; there's medical advances, a more abundant supply of food, cheaper food, even provision of food stamps to take into account.

But the fact one shows a different range to the other doesn't instantly negate any of the findings.

BigGuy47

What's the life expectancy of an egg?

jonnythan

Note the different scales on the x axis. They appear completely unrelated.

Just look at the gradient for the same period, then. The trend is still life expectancy increasing with increased meat consumption.



However, correlation isn't causation; there's medical advances, a more abundant supply of food, cheaper food, even provision of food stamps to take into account.

But the fact one shows a different range to the other doesn't instantly negate any of the findings.

Life expectancy was increasing at about the same rate even when meat consumption was declining.

ldrosophila

What's the life expectancy of an egg?

depends are you boiling the egg or letting it hatch. Is it a chicken egg, a cobra egg, a fish egg, an unfertilized mammalian egg, or a rare amazon tree frog egg? Context man context!

Pearsquared

I call your meat consumption vs. life expectancy and raise you a # of pirates vs. global temperature.

DatMurse

Note the different scales on the x axis. They appear completely unrelated.

Just look at the gradient for the same period, then. The trend is still life expectancy increasing with increased meat consumption.



However, correlation isn't causation; there's medical advances, a more abundant supply of food, cheaper food, even provision of food stamps to take into account.

But the fact one shows a different range to the other doesn't instantly negate any of the findings.

Life expectancy was increasing at about the same rate even when meat consumption was declining.

it ends at 2000

Alphastate

Interesting that meat consumption is trending down as life expectancy is trending up.

DatMurse

thank god for corn

ldrosophila

thank god for corn

thank good for GMO's!!

micheabr

So if we want to kill people off we ban meat?

DatMurse

thank god for corn

thank good for GMO's!!

stop the genetically modified trees from growing too fast!

DatMurse

So if we want to kill people off we ban meat?

or if you kill people meat demand will go down

Sqeekyjojo

Interesting that meat consumption is trending down as life expectancy is trending up.

No it isn't. The life expectancy graph ends at 2000. The meat consumption one a decade later. Like I said, compare the same period on both graphs.

And as has already been posted, that doesn't actually mean a great deal in isolation, anyhow. But at least I compared like with like.

magerum

DatMurse

heart disease is the leading cause of death in the country.
people need to smoke more so they get lung cancer to bring it down

stumblinthrulife

Oh look, it's someone conflating correlation and causality again.

Except this time, there isn't even correlation.

etoiles_argentees

hmmm... meat and corn will kill me. got it.

AlongCame_Molly

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ETA: Is that 200 pounds of boneless meat per person in a year? I'm pretty sure I eat way more than that not including the 8 dozen eggs every week.

eggs are not meat

Then what are they, exactly? What food group do they fall in?

DatMurse

hmmm... meat and corn will kill me. got it.

iWillGetCrowSomeday

However, correlation isn't causation; there's medical advances, a more abundant supply of food, cheaper food, even provision of food stamps to take into account.

^^^ Yup. More medical screenings, diagnostic testing, better understanding of disease processes, increased focus on preventive care, health insurance, access to care, better understanding of nutrition, vitamins, food safety regulations, work place safety regulations...

Alphastate

Interesting that meat consumption is trending down as life expectancy is trending up.

No it isn't. The life expectancy graph ends at 2000. The meat consumption one a decade later. Like I said, compare the same period on both graphs.

And as has already been posted, that doesn't actually mean a great deal in isolation, anyhow. But at least I compared like with like.

So you're trying to tell me that life expectancy isn't trending up, even though it's not listed on the OP's chart?

DatMurse

Sqeekyjojo

Interesting that meat consumption is trending down as life expectancy is trending up.

No it isn't. The life expectancy graph ends at 2000. The meat consumption one a decade later. Like I said, compare the same period on both graphs.

And as has already been posted, that doesn't actually mean a great deal in isolation, anyhow. But at least I compared like with like.

So you're trying to tell me that life expectancy isn't trending up, even though it's not listed on the OP's chart?

No. I'm telling you to compare equal periods on the two graphs. Whilst your conclusions may be accurate or inaccurate, at least you'll be following good practice by taking information from the same timescale.

Alphastate

No. I'm telling you to compare equal periods on the two graphs. Whilst your conclusions may be accurate or inaccurate, at least you'll be following good practice by taking information from the same timescale.

I learned how to read charts, circa sixth grade.