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How a mere 12% of Americans eat half the nation’s beef, creating significant health and environmental impacts (www.eurekalert.org)
submitted 1 year ago by lalo@discuss.tchncs.de to c/vegan@lemmy.ml
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[–] TheAlbatross@startrek.website 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The study methodology is really flawed. They polled people on what they had for dinner "yesterday" and used that be indicative of entire diets of all Americans.

While it's likely that there are some Americans who eat far more beef than some others, this data is a farce.

[–] lalo@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Where did you get that they polled people for what they had for dinner? Literally from the abstract:

We analyzed 24-h dietary recall data from adults (n = 10,248) in the 2015–2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).

Also, they examined data from another day and:

Still, as a check, we examined day 2 and found the same associations with gender and MyPlate guidance. Other associations were similar in magnitude, though not always significant.

Edit: looks like you've commented this on another thread and got debunked, didn't even bother to reply. https://sh.itjust.works/comment/2819437