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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (18937)	8/24/2010 4:01:41 PM
From: dybdahl	Respond to of 42652

But nobody would try to fix obesity by giving money to poor people, so that correlation isn't very useful without more information.

To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (18937)	8/24/2010 4:12:27 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

>> Actually the link between obesity and poverty is strong: Yes, in the US the correlation is strong, I don't know about other places. And "link" may be too strong a term. But the point is the same -- a mere correlation doesn't tell us much about why things are the way they are. Are the poor obese because they are less educated, because they have less reason to care, because they can't afford the dues at the gym, or any of a thousand other reasons?