
#492: How Does Weight Cycling Impact Long-term Health?
Sigma Nutrition Radio
The Influence of Confounders on Associations in Epidemiology
There may be a genuine relationship between exposure and outcome, or it could be influenced by a third factor. This is a common challenge for epidemiologists. The question is whether these factors are known or unknown. A 90s study found an association between coffee consumption and heart disease risk, but high-coffee consumers also had a high prevalence of smoking.
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