there’s really no mystery in Americans getting fatter if we condition on the trajectory of mean calorie intake. Mean calorie intake has gone up by about 20% from 1970 to 2010 in the US, and mean body weight apparently went up by around 15% in the same period.
I feel like you’ve missed SMTM’s central point. Sure, people are eating more. The main question is why people eat more. For example, I used to weigh 172 pounds in the Philippines 4 years ago; now I weigh about 192 in Canada. I used to think my overweight best friend was overfeeding me (well, he did), but since he moved away two years ago, I’ve actually gained weight somehow. I have a mild sense of being hungrier here. Presumably I am eating more, but why?
(Having said that, it looks like OP has done great work and this is a big red flag:)
I have attempted to make a comment on SMTM’s post linking to many of those studies, but they have not approved the comment. I have also attempted to contact them on Twitter (twice) and through email, but have not received a reply. All of this was over one week ago, and they have, since then, replied to other people on Twitter and approved other comments on their post, but haven’t commented on this. So I have no idea why their literature review excludes these studies.
...Note: I have attempted to make some of those points in the comment section of SMTM’s last post about lithium, but they never approved my comment....
...I have attempted to point this out by making a comment on their post, but they have not approved the comment....
(Having said that, it looks like OP has done great work and this is a big red flag:)
I have attempted to make a comment on SMTM’s post linking to many of those studies, but they have not approved the comment. I have also attempted to contact them on Twitter (twice) and through email, but have not received a reply. All of this was over one week ago, and they have, since then, replied to other people on Twitter and approved other comments on their post, but haven’t commented on this. So I have no idea why their literature review excludes these studies.
This isn’t the core of why I think you think that’s a red flag, but for the record I don’t think a week is that much time to respond to public criticism. I have many important emails I don’t reply to for longer.
I was thinking about comment approval more than response [and to make that clearer, I appended to my quotation above]. I’ve been perma-declined myself, not fun. Unfortunately if it’s approved now there will be a question as to whether it was approved now in response to an ultra-popular LW post.
I feel like you’ve missed SMTM’s central point. Sure, people are eating more. The main question is why people eat more. For example, I used to weigh 172 pounds in the Philippines 4 years ago; now I weigh about 192 in Canada. I used to think my overweight best friend was overfeeding me (well, he did), but since he moved away two years ago, I’ve actually gained weight somehow. I have a mild sense of being hungrier here. Presumably I am eating more, but why?
(Having said that, it looks like OP has done great work and this is a big red flag:)
This isn’t the core of why I think you think that’s a red flag, but for the record I don’t think a week is that much time to respond to public criticism. I have many important emails I don’t reply to for longer.
FWIW, the first time I contacted them about those studies was 15 days before the publication of this post.
I was thinking about comment approval more than response [and to make that clearer, I appended to my quotation above]. I’ve been perma-declined myself, not fun. Unfortunately if it’s approved now there will be a question as to whether it was approved now in response to an ultra-popular LW post.