Open AccessReply to Burgard: Gender differences in eating behaviors and obesity
Author(s) -
GeneJack Wang,
Nora D. Volkow,
Joanna S. Fowler
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.0901996106
Subject(s) - skeletal muscle , insulin resistance , obesity , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , medicine , pathological , insulin , bioinformatics , endocrinology , cancer , biology
Dr. Burgard (1) alleges that our paper (2) projects the gender and weight stereotypes of the researchers. We agree that we should have referenced epidemiological data because it provides better estimates of prevalence rates than those derived from Harvard alumni. Though Dr. Burgard states that there are no data that women are significantly more …
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