The paper is extremely flawed. The authors lack the majority of the data they should have, data the authors claim is unavailable from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is in fact available, the pattern of missing data leads to a biased overestimate of suicide rates, and the use of statistical controls was poor.
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Why would the AAP advise such drastic courses of action when basic diet and exercise are the safest options for children? Look no further than the AAP’s list of top donors, mostly comprised of both ultra-processed-food manufacturers — whose products make children sick and obese — and pharmaceutical companies that sell expensive medications to cure them. The most telling names among them include GlaxoSmithKline, manufacturer of orlistat, and Novo Nordisk, manufacturer of semaglutide.
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Population collapse due to low birth rates is a much bigger risk to civilization than global warming.
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Without the religious beliefs of ancient Egypt, there would be no pyramids, physical manifestations of the sun god’s rays; without belief in the Olympians, the Greeks would not have invented the theatre, the space where the gods interacted with mortal men; without Christianity, the medieval cathedral, heaven carved out in stone and glass, would have stayed a pipe dream.
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Said Dr. Natalie Bernstein, a psychologist in Pittsburgh, “By telling others when they do or say something we like, we are gaining two benefits — making them feel good, while at the same time increasing the chance that this positive behavior will continue.”
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