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dmallind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-10-09 11:07 AM
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31. No it doesn't.
Edited on Sun May-10-09 11:19 AM by dmallind
Even the CDC's initial estimate (AKA wild exaggeration) of 363,000 was way LOWER than the smoking number of 435,000. But that was before they cut the number bvy over two thirds and issued a rare mea culpa saying they'd blown it out of all proportion.


Here's the retraction from their own website.....

http://www.cdc.gov/PDF/Frequently_Asked_Questions_About_Calculating_Obesity-Related_Risk.pdf


Obesity ranks right along with medical error at a bit over 100,000.
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