Evidence-based pregnancy should be about decisions, not hard rules at...
TheMetalPedant wrote: I agree about a pediatrician being a good gatekeeper for that sort of thing, but the kind of differences I'm talking about are really very slight. My niece was somewhere in...
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alkali19 wrote: 1) If there is really good evidence by all means people should rely on that. My point is that in the absence of such evidence it makes sense to rely on your priors. 2) I don't see the...
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greenberger wrote: Another possibly-unpopular-in-a-nerdy-science-blog-community-like-boing-boing approach to this topic is simply this: don't bother reading any of it, relax, and just figure it out as...
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Joshua Hutchinson (jhutch2000) wrote: Thanks for the specifics. I agree. Doctor is an asshole. :)
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Joshua Hutchinson (jhutch2000) wrote: Really, I can't even mention that there is an obesity problem?
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Abby (tinydancer) wrote: I think the same thing can be said about some of the "one-size-fits-all" parenting advice out there as well. I was reading some terrible parenting magazine once that had an...
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Elusis wrote: Given that the topic you're responding to is about how many hysterical, gross generalizations are made based on very little (or poor quality) data, if you're going to start talking about...
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crankypage wrote: Second to rocketpj: I'm against book burning, but I make an exception for "What to expect" which is just horrible. There's a section about in utero hiccups being a possible sign of...
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Brian Sizemore (bcsizemo) wrote: On here, probably not without some flak. However I've been to a Wal-Mart a time or two...and I know exactly what you mean.
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Charlie (Medievalist) wrote: Seventeen years ago her doctor told the missus that he'd induce labor if she didn't give birth when he thought she should (not all my children are adopted). I said I would...
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Joshua Hutchinson (jhutch2000) wrote: The obesity paradox ... As I understand it is that overweight people are sometimes healthier than "normal" weighted folks with the same conditions (ie diabetes)....
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marilove wrote: This is a discussion about pregnancy. You also didn't "discuss" much of anything. Just some factually-shaky opinions and no data.
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marilove wrote: What does this have to do with pregnancy? Oh right. Ewwww, fat people!
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Humbabella wrote: If you want to understand why you are taking flak for talking about obesity, look at what the article we are discussing says about weight. You are supposed to gain 25-35 pounds while...
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Joshua Hutchinson (jhutch2000) wrote: Except I was responding to a post that talked about an episode where a doctor was scolding a parent for an overweight child. All I said then was that a doctor...
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chgoliz wrote: maggiekb said: It's a generalized, fuzzy guideline that's meant to make it clear that, hey, you shouldn't eat twice as much as you normally do or subsist on ice cream. But it's not a...
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Humbabella wrote: I know you didn't use the word epidemic and that you didn't say anything to support many of the foolish ideas about weight, and I know you weren't responding to the article, I was...
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Joshua Hutchinson (jhutch2000) wrote: I think I understand where you are coming from. And I am sympathetic. As an aside, I wonder how much of the "that's pretty much what I expect from doctors" is a...
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Blake Leyh (Blake) wrote: My wife spent time in both France and the U.S. when pregnant, and the enlightening experience clearly demonstrated the arbitrary and culturally skewed nature of medical...
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Brianne Archer (brianne_archer) wrote: My best friend had to change pediatrician's because he was getting a hard time for going Gluten free with their daughter. He's a celiac and it's just easier and...
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