You quote Guyenet quoting a Brian Wansink study. Wansink studies probably shouldn’t be taken as evidence for much, as he resigned in 2018 after a scientific misconduct investigation against him. I’m just sort of skimming this post and this one but apparently people found 150 mistakes across just 4 of his papers? And some of his published effect sizes are absurd, e.g. “You have a messy kitchen, a cluttered desk, you end up eating 44 percent more snacks than if the same kitchen is clear”, and “[Women who have visible cereal boxes in their kitchen are] about 21 pounds heavier than the neighbor next door that doesn’t have any cereal visible at all.”
The quoted effect sizes sound waaay too big, so seeing them along with the misconduct investigation and resignation makes me feel like the Hershey’s Kiss study of his (that Guyenet quotes) would not replicate.
That makes sense. I don’t actually know whether Guyenet still believes in the convenience element of the theory, given what you said. He might have other evidence. But maybe a disclaimer is in order for that part of the post.
You quote Guyenet quoting a Brian Wansink study. Wansink studies probably shouldn’t be taken as evidence for much, as he resigned in 2018 after a scientific misconduct investigation against him. I’m just sort of skimming this post and this one but apparently people found 150 mistakes across just 4 of his papers? And some of his published effect sizes are absurd, e.g. “You have a messy kitchen, a cluttered desk, you end up eating 44 percent more snacks than if the same kitchen is clear”, and “[Women who have visible cereal boxes in their kitchen are] about 21 pounds heavier than the neighbor next door that doesn’t have any cereal visible at all.”
The quoted effect sizes sound waaay too big, so seeing them along with the misconduct investigation and resignation makes me feel like the Hershey’s Kiss study of his (that Guyenet quotes) would not replicate.
That makes sense. I don’t actually know whether Guyenet still believes in the convenience element of the theory, given what you said. He might have other evidence. But maybe a disclaimer is in order for that part of the post.