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6. Is this just correlation or is it causation? There's a difference.

Fri May 24, 2013, 09:33 PM

May 2013

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C-sections tied to child obesity [View all] bananas May 2013 OP

AH-HA AtheistCrusader May 2013 #1

Weird. Arugula Latte May 2013 #2

two C-section kids here, zero are obese. ileus May 2013 #4

Vaginal here; and Im fat as a whale NT.. Elmergantry May 2013 #5

Same here, for my one kid. tblue May 2013 #9

I have 4 kids - 3 c-sections 1 VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) laundry_queen May 2013 #17

Is this just correlation or is it causation? There's a difference. sakabatou May 2013 #6

"Linked to" in science journalism[sic] is pretty much always correlation Posteritatis May 2013 #13

"Tied to" = correlation. Brickbat May 2013 #7

Women don't "opt" for C-sections frazzled May 2013 #10

My wife was given the option for our last two michigandem58 May 2013 #21

That is strange. Zoeisright May 2013 #11

Here's an interesting factual: LeftInTX May 2013 #14

I had 2 c-sectioms Danmel May 2013 #23

Wow, more big babies are delivered caesarian. A shocker...not. kickysnana May 2013 #12

Yep, that was my thought fugop May 2013 #20

My daughter was born by Ceasarian dipsydoodle May 2013 #16

Related to difference in intestinal biome? mainer May 2013 #18