Hannah Wrathall on Substack: "Can we introduce a national educational programme to understand how to read clinical studies? Better yet, could the media please stop using clickbait like this around health. And, don’t get me started on the male-only data."

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Can we introduce a national educational programme to understand how to read clinical studies? Better yet, could the media please stop using clickbait like this around health.

And, don’t get me started on the male-only data.

Caroline Criado Perez

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This is a story about how TERRIBLE science reporting is.

It starts with my husband sending me this Times article, illustrated with some hunky humans of both sexes, about how HIIT can actually make you gain weight 😱

I clicked on the link and contrary to what you might expect from…

biorxiv.org

Acute Vigorous Exercise Decreases Subsequent Non-Exercise Physical Activity and Body Temperature Linked to Weight Gain

Purpose Exercise benefits the body and mind, but its weight loss effect is less than generally expected. Although this phenomenon is likely primarily due to a decrease in non-exercise physical activity (NEPA) resulting in a decrease in non-exercise activity thermogenesis, the underlying mechanisms a…

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