#peer reviewed sources

[fatliberation]

"I didn't give out any medical advice" lmao you were heavily implying that person's doctor was wrong and that they shouldn't listen to their doctor's advice. that's irresponsible. you're going to get somebody killed with this bs

If their doctor's advice is to lose weight through dieting, it is wrong and I can say that in full confidence because it. (x) doesn't. (x) work. (x) Here! (x) Take (x) these! I am (x) chucking (x) peer reviewed sources (x) at you. (x)

Anti-fat bias is at work here. And so is a weight-loss market worth $3.8 BILLION as of 2023.

In 2013, UCLA researchers Traci Mann, Janet Tomiyama, and Britt Ahlstrom conducted the most comprehensive and rigorous analysis of diet studies, analyzing 31 long-term studies.

“What happens to people on diets in the long run?” Mann asked. “Would they have been better off to not go on a diet at all? We decided to dig up and analyze every study that followed people on diets for two to five years. We concluded most of them would have been better off not going on the diet at all. Their weight would be pretty much the same, and their bodies would not suffer the wear and tear from losing weight and gaining it all back.” (x)

Certain factors biased the diet studies to make them appear more effective than they really were. For one, many participants self-reported their weight by phone or mail rather than having their weight measured on a scale by an impartial source. Also, the studies have very low follow-up rates — eight of the studies had follow-up rates lower than 50 percent, and those who responded may not have been representative of the entire group, since people who gain back large amounts of weight are generally unlikely to show up for follow-up tests, Mann said.

Evidence suggests that repeatedly losing and gaining weight is linked to cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes and altered immune function. Mann and Tomiyama recommend that more research be conducted on the health effects of losing and gaining weight, noting that scientists do not fully understand how such weight cycling leads to adverse health effects.

“We asked what evidence is there that dieting works in the long term, and found that the evidence shows the opposite” Tomiyama said.

Here are some quotes I pulled directly from the study.

It is implicit in this definition that losing weight will lead to improved health, and yet, health outcomes are not routinely included in studies of diets.

Overall, there were only slight improvements in most health outcomes studied. Changes in diastolic and systolic blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, cholesterol, and triglyceride levels were small, and none of these correlated with weight change. There were also very small effects of these diets on lipid-lowering medication use and coronary morbidity and mortality. There were a few larger positive effects for hypertension and diabetes medication use, as well as diabetes and stroke incidence. In correlational analyses, however, we uncovered no clear relationship between weight loss and health outcomes related to hypertension, diabetes, or cholesterol, calling into question whether weight change per se had any causal role in the few effects of the diets. Increased exercise, healthier eating, engagement with the health care system, and social support may have played a role instead. Our findings are in line with a recent meta-analysis (Flegal, Kit, Orpana, & Graubard, 2013) that found that overweight and class I obesity were not associated with higher all-cause mortality. Moreover, Ortega and colleagues (2013) have documented metabolically healthy but obese individuals, and an emerging literature on the “obesity paradox”, whereby obesity appears to confer health benefits in certain diseases (Amundson, Djurkovic, & Matwiyoff, 2010), suggests that a disconnect between weight loss and health outcomes should not be surprising.

We believe the ultimate goal of diets is to improve people’s long-term health, rather than to reduce their weight. Our review of randomized controlled trials of the effects of dieting on health finds very little evidence of success in achieving this goal. If diets do not lead to longterm weight loss or long-term health benefits, it is difficult to justify encouraging individuals to endure them.

See for yourself.

#anti diet #anti weight loss #diets don't work #fat liberation #haes #fat acceptance #inbox #sources #peer reviewed sources #weight science

[enbycrip]

If any parents of autistic kids are reading testimony from autistic adults about how damaging ABA is, and wobbling because their doctor told them “ABA is the best ‘evidence-based’ therapy”, then please feel free to read this collection of peer-reviewed scientific sources, testimonies from autistic people subjected to ABA, and former BCBAs who have realised how abusive their practice actually was, on how deeply damaging and abusive ABA actually is and how it increases CPTSD and suicidal ideation in autistic people.

https://neurodiversenby.wordpress.com/2021/04/30/aba-is-abusive-evidence-and-testimonies/

We know there are parents in awful situations from courts etc who have no choice in their child being forced into ABA, and that BIPOC parents are terrified their autistic child will be killed by law enforcement if they are not compelled to mask.

This is not intended to add additional guilt to people in survival situations. It is a fact of the intersectional disableism our society is full of that the more marginalisations anyone has, the more likely you are to have less choice in what happens to you and your kids, and to face choices between awful situations.

It is there to give everyone *more* information to combat the deadly misinformation that the *very* well-funded ABA lobby pays to entrench within the medical-industrial complex.

To give you information if you are a parent who has money and privilege to choose services for your child. And to bring to a doctor or a court who has not heard or considered information from survivors or the growing body of scientific evidence about the long term effects of ABA if you do not have these privileges. Especially for BIPOC parents, for autistic parents, for female-read parents in court situations, who are already marginalised and need all the extra “weapons” to fight for your child’s safety you can get.

There’s also information in there on the links between ABA and “LGBTQIA2S+ conversion therapy”. Yes, they were created by the same person and are basically the same thing. They are both *incredibly* abusive and incredibly dangerous for long term mental health. Autistic folk are more likely to be queer, particularly trans umbrella, than the rest of the population, so if you are the cishet parent of an autistic child you need to be aware of this in advance and be ready to support your kid in who they are.

#aba is abuse #autism #autistic adult #autistic childhood #aba #aba is autistic conversion therapy #intersectional disableism #cptsd #suicidal ideation #peer reviewed sources #bipoc autistics #autistics are more likely to be queer esp trans

[alphabetcompletionist]

my abecedarians. my booboo bears. i beseech y'all for those scholarly article websites. my uni databases keep giving me results for articles that aren't available and, like a pirate with a helm on his crotch might say, it's driving me nuts

ABCDEFGHI KLMNOP RSTUVW Y

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#and per se and #i'm trying to write a bitsy baby undergrad paper #on the process of book challenging/banning and the differences between the current surge & the past #notably not being argumentative. obviously i have opinions but that's not the point of the paper #ala.org and court documents give me all i really need. hashtag based humanities. #but i need three Scholarly Sources (i.e. peer reviewed)

[clove-pinks]

I love when I'm looking for an academic paper on some topic and the date range is insanely wide. Yes, I wonder what Nicholas the Scribe thinks about this.

#just for a laugh i put in 'rome' but the sources are only about a century older #the real question is the scribe from 1180 peer-reviewed? #shaun talks

[gothhabiba]

[ID: conversation in replies. someone says "The line is fact checking/peer review that may or may not happen"; I respond "are you under the impression that there's a rigorous process of fact-checking that academic articles go through?"; they reply "Peer review unless you're reading a journal that doesn't have that process, but then the article does not mean [presumably they mean "meet"?] the criteria for a highly verified source, it falls just short. I can send you a site explaining the quality of different sources with examples if you'd like". End ID]

Academia Defenders are so fucking condescending 😭😭😭

#the only way you can believe this is true is if you have no significant experience in academia #the 'quality' of a source depending on a rating system agdhuskiful you are so gullible #'a peer-reviewed article about peer review'?? #'we have examined ourselves and found ourselves not guilty' vibe

[creativitwin]

my roman thoughts in a nutshell

#sanders sides #roman sanders #remus sanders #kinda old roman thoughts tbh #took this crusty ass screenshot like a week after pof came out lmao #btw the screenshot is of someone that peer reviewed the op’s tags #in the source i just linked op’s post since they wrote the tags #creativitwins

[uncanny-tranny]

It's always tempting to debate bigots about their bigotry, but honestly the best thing you can do is often to directly help those affected by said bigotry.

Bigotry doesn't exist to be debated. People who are bigots do not care about debate - they care about humiliating their opponents. You cannot outsmart somebody who doesn't give a flying fuck about their position being incorrect. You will be playing a completely different game by trying to debate somebody out of their bigotry.

The best thing you can do is to show up for the marginalized. Check in on them, talk to them, and engage with them as people. Ask them if they would like help and then respect their answer to the best of your capabilities. Oftentimes, that will be sufficient enough and will go a long way.

#ally advice #the bigot will not rely on trusted peer-reviewed sources. they will rely on charisma and charm and humiliating and degrading the other team #because a bigot doesn't believe in 'you go low and we go high'. like... they're bigots because they choose to go low #so they will use dirty tactics in order to absolutely obliterate your point because you aren't going to be playing the same game #this is why i don't debate transphobes. i will engage in conversation but i do not debate bigots anymore #like do y'all remember in 2016 when the online alt-r*ght started to grow exponentially? that's the same sort of thing #many people argue that debating bigots has the chance of bringing them over to your side but... #...personally i don't really value that as a *sole* strategy or something we should focus our energy on #i absolutely will never debate a bigot because i know the stakes and i know that they'd play dirty (especially if it is in front of others) #inspired by a conversation with my dad where he surprised me with his outlook and views #(i'd assume that we would disagree heavily but no... he actually pretty much completely agreed) #(which isn't a huge achievement BUT we are pretty different people with very different views at times) #(i'm a carbon copy of him but if he came back Wrong)

[docholligay]

I love looking over someone's blog and trying to figure out if they're an earnest person who can be talked to and is actually curious or someone who is like, 19 and right about everything. (i also was never incorrect at 19, it's just the time)

Anyway, if you want to read a very very good book about the actual history of the hamburger, I really recommend Josh Ozersky's Hamburger: A History. He does have his little annoying tics, but his history is good--the man was a history doctorate and a food writer--and I think it would provide some clarity on the question.

In short, Germany invented the hamburger in the way India invented tikka masala.

#followers I know you love my food writing but god does it rustle jimmies #And it's so hard when I like...read books! about food history! all the time! #and arguments with me are vibes and a google #it's frutrating because they aren't curious they're just pissy #I mean I cna be fuckin wrong about things do not misunderstand me #but I remember this post I wrote where people were arguing with me and all the arguments were all coming THE SAME UNSOURCED ONLINE ARTICLE #because they didn't think what I said sounded like what they already thought #it was one article repeated multiple places and I was like 'CAN YOU IDENTOFY A SOURCE' #'A BOOK THAT HAS UNDERGONE SOME PEER REVIEW PERHAPS?' #I think however it is in fact too cunty to make my tagline 'i have a whole ass degree in history and you are struggling with google'

[elinekeit-artstuff]

Your Jon and Martin are just the most perfect I’ve seen, they’re just so— Jon and Martin!!! Like you got Jon’s dorky little grin down so well, and Martin’s soft smiles and just their faces in general too

^ source: I’m dating a Jon and Martin fictive and they just look very similar to ur art and it’s awesome :D

Woah! A citation! Finally, someone that respects the academic integrity of this blog!!

Nerd joke aside, thank you for this lovely message! The thought that my drawings can resonate with people?? in such a personal way, to less??? It's just so freaking amazing.

Hope you and your partner are both having a wonderful day!

#eline talks (too much) #imma start requesting for peer reviewed sources in my asks >:3

[piosplayhouse]

In the most meta scum villain way possible I think I've become a lot of people's most trusted source for learning about SV not because I have any particular qualifications but just because I'm both horribly obsessed with it and have way too much time on my hands

#ive been thinking about compiling an sv resource masterpost for a while but it's like. #i dont rlly feel particularly qualified like i dont really have anything super revolutionary to say and also im lazy #but its just because the bar is so low that its frustrating BLDNEKS #like i don't consider myself a fandom historian or sv expert or whatever im just a normal guy #but comparatively so many outside sources suck so bad that my content is like a peer reviewed thesis 😭 #i will ignore hate i will ignore bashing but i cannot let misinformation slide GRRR #svsss #el pollito pio

[school-of-roses]

-:✧Finding Sources✧:-

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who’ll decide where to go." - Dr. Seuss. The internet is a very large place, and countless times you’ll hear people telling you to do your own research.  However, informational literacy is hard enough without even knowing what to look for in a source, let alone how to read it.

What to Look for in a Source

There are a few good things to look for in a credible and reputable source. As can be inferred from the meaning of credible and reputable, a credible source is going to come from someone or something that is worthy of confidence, and a reputable source is going to be one that has a good reputation.

Peer Review in Academia

Peer review is the review of a scientific study, academic paper, or similar article by other members of their field with similar or greater credentials. The paper clears several other people who are actively trying to dash the hopes and dreams of the author by finding flaws with their design and reasoning.  I mostly kid, but it is a rigorous process that results in the paper being as high a quality as it can be.

Journals

Academic Journals are periodical publications where the most recent scholarship on a subject are routinely published. Often these are shortened to just “journals” or otherwise known as “scholarly journals”, “scientific journals”, or “peer reviewed Journals”  These are peer reviewed before being included, and themselves often a good place to search for information. 

If a source you find has been published in a journal, you’re in incredibly safe territory for reliable sources! There might be competing information from other scholars to review on the subject, but not only do these publications often include more reading material on the subject cited within, they are often followed by links to others who have cited them in their own writing on the subject.

University Publications

University Publications are also very safe places to look for sources.  While not themselves always a research paper, they are often the culmination of the knowledge that the university has gathered and reflect the most recent scholarship on a topic; least they risk making the university look bad. These are sometimes found on a university’s website, in a professor's online class notes, a textbook, or similar writing linked to someone in the field.

Primary Sources

Primary sources are often the gold standard for knowledge on a subject, assuming you can find something that qualifies. However, these are often hard to untangle as they can be dense, old, difficult to read or understand (and compared to an academic paper that’s saying something!) assuming they’re even in a language the reader understands.

Where to Find Sources

There are a number of places to find good sources.  A quick search engine check can do wonders, however they can be a whole mess, and even knowing what you’re looking for, they can make it harder to find good quality in the sheer volume.

Research search engines and open source libraries can make this process much easier. Google Scholar and JSTOR are good options, and if you’re really in a pinch you can look at Wikipedia. Many will tell you up and down that Wikipedia isn’t a credible source, but while there is some truth to that, you can click the numbers on the information you want to see the sources at the bottom of a Wikipedia page.  You can check these sources individually to see how you feel about them.  Wikipedia also has a “Talk” section where the contributors discuss what should be on each page that sometimes has additional sources or information that was not included.

How to Get a Library Card

Please go to your local library!  Most likely the librarian will be able to help you. You can also check the website of your local library to see if you can sign up. Often libraries will either have books on the subjects that interest you, or may even be able to order them for their collection. Libraries have also started providing eBooks and other technological services. If this is an option for you, it is highly suggested!

University Library Access

Students at most universities are automatically enrolled into the university’s library system. These people can careen around a paywall like it’s a sliding glass door between you and your dreams, and they have the keycard.  Find them, ask them, it only takes like 2 minutes of their time to download and send you whatever file you can’t get, especially if you link it directly.

Non-Academic Sources If you’re at your wits end and the only options for sources are news articles, blogs, or websites this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. If this is a personal account of someone’s experience this can be a good thing! Take extra care with these and see if you can’t find multiple sources saying the same thing.  If something is true, most likely you’re going to find multiple people saying the same thing in different ways. However, if you do find multiple sources, look to make sure they aren’t just citing or copying one another in a hellish circle of plagiarism.

#studyblr #acadamia #sourcing #university #school of roses #information accessibility #witchcraft #magic #witchy #witchblr #basics #witch tips #witches #baby witch #how to find sources #Come check us out on Discord! #Link is in the pinned post! #public libraries #primary sources #peer review #academic journals #research #doing your own research #long post #a second post on how to better /read/ academic journals should be posted later this week! #enjoy

[a-hedgeh0g]

Oh god I have to actually look up social media posts for a research assignment. pray for me

#this prof also said that I could only do peer review articles as sources when I handed in some peer reviewed book chapter sources #🦔

[thismoleculeisacomedian]

It's really depressing that the statement "you need to at least know the basics of a hugely complex issue/subject in order to have an opinion about said topic that is even remotely worth listening to (and no, Facebook posts and TikTok videos do not count as an education)" is so controversial these days.

#there was this rule my high school teachers had for any research essay #2 books - 4 peer-reviewed articles - 6 news articles from reputable sources - 12 sources total #and that's still what i feel like i need to have to even begin to have an opinion on almost anything #sigh #i have too many followers anyway.

[solradguy]

It's fascinating that most of the GG lore points that people talk about like they're canon are either memes that broke containment or mistranslations. Like Ky swapping eyeballs with Sin or Johnny's last name being "Sfondi" haha

#textpost #I'm too lazy to argue lore with people honestly but sometimes I get the impression that a lot of people are #Allergic to the 5 minutes it takes double checking something with the wiki rofl #Not that every post needs sources and peer reviewing but sometimes sources would be nice

[kaleidoscope1967eyes]

HELP I ACCIDENTALLY SIGNED UP TO DO A SUPER BIG PRESENTATION NEXT WEEK 🤡

#15 min and i need 10 peer-reviewed sources #it's ok i still have a week to do it 😭 #post a rubric challenge (impossible)

[mirandahamilton]

i am about to go to my last class meeting. and deliver the absolute worst most disgusting hideous group powerpoint presentation in the history of bullshit half assed grad school final projects

#MY slides look amazing MY sources are peer reviewed MY sense of visual appeal is perfect and beautiful #OTHERS???????? no #whatever i'm literally over it