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One Extra Cup of Coffee a Day May Help Avoid Weight Gain. Here's Why. (www.sciencealert.com)
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[โ€“] ubergeek77@lemmy.ubergeek77.chat 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

0.12kg over four years??

How is that not within the margin of error?

[โ€“] bluegreenzeros@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

it was a cohort study, they had over 200k participants who filled out the study form, so even through their was a low effect size the confidence can be quite high.