EHeller comments on Critiquing Gary Taubes, Part 4: What Causes Obesity? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: EHeller 06 January 2014 05:09:05AM 0 points [-]

The fact that people with genetic hypercholesterolemia tend to ( as the cholesterol link would indicate) die of heart attacks fairly young is at least one strike against this view.

Comment author: Randy_M 06 January 2014 08:29:37PM 0 points [-]

This is usually an acknowledged exception; whether the rationale for it to be an exception rather than counter evidence holds, I don't recall.