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hummingwolf ([personal profile] hummingwolf) wrote2007-07-27 04:16 pm

Bad Science News of the Week

For those who haven't read it yet:

The Junkfood Science analysis of that stupid "study" claiming that obesity is contagious--that merely having fat friends can make you fat.

The above link via [livejournal.com profile] lindsaybits. I was going to post something earlier in the week about the various articles floating around, but haven't had the energy to develop the quantity of froth at the mouth that this stupidity so richly deserves.

[identity profile] unwilly.livejournal.com 2007-07-28 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd love to have you over.

If I can swing a decent job, that is not a too fabulously out there idea.