CNN asks, climate change causing increase in worldwide T2D?

(betsy.rome) #1

Clickbait, correlation or causation?
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/20/health/climate-change-type-2-diabetes-study/
“The researchers found that for every 1-degree Celsius increase in outdoor temperature, there was about a 4% increase of the total diabetes incidence in the United States per year between 1996 and 2009.”
and “The worldwide prevalence of glucose intolerance rose by 0.17% per 1-degree Celsius increase in temperature”

(Bart) #2

I can think of a lot different words, most of which are not suitable for here.

#3

That seems ridiculous. I could just as easily pick any other modern thing like showing a correlation in the increases in computer processing power and diabetes.

#4

Hey, any explanation that doesn’t refer to people taking responsibility over what they put in their mouths is going to be championed.

(Doug) #5

CDC says 1 in 3 Americans will develop diabetes. So, around 110 million. Obesity is linked with the disease, and for people to be burning less calories because things are a little warmer makes sense. Doesn’t have to be that many cases, in the grand scheme of things, to be true, only about 1 in 1000, for their calculation of “more than 100,000 new diabetes cases per year” to work out. Anything that makes people fatter could be said to have a link to diabetes.