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- From: carl@aoa.aoa.utc.com (Carl Witthoft)
- Subject: Re: Obesity in the US is stress related.
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.164426.7062@aoa.aoa.utc.com>
- Organization: Adaptive Optics Associates
- References: <leonid.711407541@spssig>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 16:44:26 GMT
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- In article <leonid.711407541@spssig> leonid@spss.com (Leonid Feygin) writes:
- >It is evident to me, that the USA currently has much more "stress per
- >capita", than any other country with comparable amount of relatively
- x
- Whoopee that it's evident to you. You have given no refs or
- supporting docs. Even if the US does have more stress, you need to
- learn the difference between causal events and simultaneous events.
-
- >BTW, another indication of the USA leadership in stress related problems
- >comes from crime statistics, since stress causes not only medical but
- >also social disorders.
- Another totally unsubstantiated claim, not to mention the fact
- that "social disorder" is hardly a quantitative, or even definable
- condition.
-
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