Thanks,
The WebMD report on this article included one of the authors (Rimm) saying that stress could cause a person to tend to skip breakfast and have heart attacks, as well as other bad behaviors like smoking. Looks like this editor kinda left that part behind. I haven't tried to follow the money on this one, but even though Harvard tends to be independent, it looks suspicious for a grant from General Mills. In the AP source, it says that 7% of the breakfast skippers had heart attacks, and 6% of the breakfast eaters had heart attacks. How they get a 27% increase in risk from one percentage point difference, I don't know…it looks like it should be 14% at worst. it may be worth a look. Either way, it's classic "scary" presentation--who's going to think this is news when you say 7% of breakfast skippers have heart attacks and 6% of breakfast eaters do?
Bert
On Jul 23, 2013, at 6:06 PM, RickS <no3rdseat@gmail.com> wrote:
Okay Dr Bert... looks like you're making a difference. I see entirely too many of these moronic "studies" lately-
http://now.msn.com/skipping-breakfast-increases-heart-attack-risk-harvard-study-suggests
Rick Stewart
Silver Spring, MD
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