When evaluating the causal and protective relationship between breastfeeding (ex

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When evaluating the causal and protective relationship between breastfeeding (exposure) and obesity (outcome), breastfeeding has been associated with lower rates of childhood obesity. But many argue that researchers may be overstating the effect of breastfeeding because, at the population level, mothers who choose to breastfeed are also likely to promote healthier lifestyles in their children in other ways.

A)

In this scenario, promotion of healthy lifestyles is a confounder of the breastfeeding/obesity relationship.

B)

In this scenario, the argument regarding the promotion of healthy lifestyles in breastfeeding moms, is an example of the causal criterion “alternate explanation.”

C)

In this scenario, adjusting for healthy lifestyles will allow researchers to gain a better understanding of the magnitude of the causal effect of breastfeeding on childhood obesity.

D)

All of the above

E)

None of the above

A)

In this scenario, promotion of healthy lifestyles is a confounder of the breastfeeding/obesity relationship.

B)

In this scenario, the argument regarding the promotion of healthy lifestyles in breastfeeding moms, is an example of the causal criterion “alternate explanation.”

C)

In this scenario, adjusting for healthy lifestyles will allow researchers to gain a better understanding of the magnitude of the causal effect of breastfeeding on childhood obesity.

D)

All of the above

E)

None of the above

Explanation / Answer

B is the answer as it offers an alternate explanation to the causative criterion.

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