The association between a plant-based diet (vegetarianism) and extended life span is increasingly criticised since it may be based on the lack of representative data and insufficient removal of confounders such as lifestyles.We examined the association ...
  • the_q@lemmy.world
    3·
    10 months ago

    Sweet. Being a vegetarian means I won’t live as long! Even more reason to not eat meat.

  • jak@sopuli.xyz
    3·
    10 months ago

    They control for weight, health, caloric intake and lifestyle habits, but not wealth.

    I’m not surprised that they found a positive correlation between meat consumption and life expectancy with that lens.