Staturday: Food and Gas
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- on July 25, 2009 at 7:50 am
A $1 national increase in the price of gas results in a 10 percent decrease in national obesity rates.
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DISCUSSION: 10 Comments
How come it is possible? Explain clearlyBy <a href=”http://chennai-coimbatore.blogspot.com”>Chennai-Coimbatore</a>
How come it is possible? Explain clearlyBychennai-coimbatore
Funny. But not so easy to happen. But the increment is bad.
So from 31% to 28%? Big whoop.
Where is the economic theory behind that? Would love to know.</p><a href=”http://www.twitter.com/donazzan” title=”View bala11bala’s profile” rel=”external”><strong>@donazzan</strong></a> </strong>
How has this been demonstrated? This sounds suspiciously like a case of correlation being mistaken for causation…
what? why? More people are walking/finding other things to do that don’t involved driving? Where did this data come from?
So if gas is more, than there will be less gas?
Go on…..
now if only that included the cost of mass transit also decreasing.