A study published in BMC Public Health finds that adiposity now accounts for more deaths in England and Scotland than smoking among middle- and old-age people. Author Frederick K Ho tells us more about the research in this blog.
GambleAware-backed study warns of selection bias in gambling harm research
14th May 2021
| By Robert Fletcher
Research commissioned by British gambling charity GambleAware has warned that online surveys of gambling harm face a “particular risk” of selection bias, which can inflate the numbers of those experiencing harm if not properly accounted for.
However, it added that measurement of gambling-related harm should still generally should move to online surveying – adjusted through less frequent face-to-face “benchmarks” – due to high costs and sample-size issues in face-to-face surveys.
Authored by Professor Patrick Sturgis and Professor Jouni Kuha from the London School of Economics, the study looked at how methodological differences between surveys affect the accuracy of estimates of gambling harms.
London [UK], February 13 (ANI): The findings of new research suggested that obesity and excess body fat may have contributed to more deaths in England and Scotland than smoking since 2014.
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