Someone over at WCVB (Boston’s television Channel 5) either needs to read their own stories before they write headlines, or they don’t understand that just because something appears it might be connected in a study doesn’t mean it is connected to the outcome indicated:
Soda Linked To Teen Violence, Study Says
Teens Who Drank 5 Cans More Likely To Be Aggressive
BOSTON — Teenagers who drink a lot of soda are more likely to get into fights and act violently, according to a new study.
Harvard researchers asked more than 1,800 students in Boston public schools about their experiences with violence, including if they had carried a knife or gun the previous year. The students were also asked how much non-diet soda they drank in the past seven days.
Teens who drank five cans of non-diet soda or more each week were more likely to behave aggressively than kids who reported drinking no soda, the researchers reported in Injury Prevention.
Of course, further down in this short story, if the headline writer had bothered to read his or her own article:
Sara Solnick, a co-author of the study, said there’s no reason to think that drinking soda causes teens to be violent and the study was intended to better understand factors that lead to youth violence.
Small wonder then that we’re cultivating a nation of math and science idiots with degrees.
