Well MC Shoot
Jan. 15th, 2009 07:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ergDon't blame fast-food restaurants for why America seems so supersized. This new economic study from Northwestern University and UC Berkeley seems to disprove the the common nutritional myth:
The results find no evidence of a causal link between restaurants and obesity, and the estimates are precise enough to rule out any meaningful effect. Analysis of food intake micro data suggests that although consumers eat larger meals at restaurants than at home (even after accounting for selection), they offset these calories at other times of day. We conclude that public health policies targeting restaurants are unlikely to reduce obesity but could negatively affect consumer welfare.
This, just kicks the butt of about, oh, half the stuff I was given to understand last semester.
Niiice. Hey, at least we didn't have to wait 23 years to find out what they taught us in college was wrong. That was what, Winter Break?
The results find no evidence of a causal link between restaurants and obesity, and the estimates are precise enough to rule out any meaningful effect. Analysis of food intake micro data suggests that although consumers eat larger meals at restaurants than at home (even after accounting for selection), they offset these calories at other times of day. We conclude that public health policies targeting restaurants are unlikely to reduce obesity but could negatively affect consumer welfare.
This, just kicks the butt of about, oh, half the stuff I was given to understand last semester.
Niiice. Hey, at least we didn't have to wait 23 years to find out what they taught us in college was wrong. That was what, Winter Break?