Doctor Oz Is Wrong? Correlation Vs. Causation




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Summary: In this episode Peter and I get a little nit-picky with Doctor Oz who recently put out little video called the "7 habits of slim people". While we applaud the guy for getting out there and trying to help people, we disagree with him on a few of his major points. The underlying reason is that we believe he's conflating correlation with causation. (Did you like all that alliteration?) Something that happens FAR too often in the fitness and health arenas. Here's the link to <a href="http://health.yahoo.net/videos/droz/7-habits-slim-people" target="_blank">his video</a>.