Talk:Alcohol and weight

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Thank you.David Justin 16:15, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Important Source information or spam
Hi Wham- Please note that I created this page (Alcohol and weight) on 28-9-05 using Alcohol, Calories & Weight as the source. Therefore, it is not spam. Thanks.David Justin 16:08, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

The evidence indicates that the Wikipedia page was sourced from that page and indicating so does not constitute spam. To the contrary, it is proper documentation and consistent with Wikipedia guidelines. Thanks.David Justin 01:31, 19 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Aha! Explanation of what's going on at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2008_Archive_Aug_1.  David is right, to the extent that indeed, it's not proper for the encyclopedia to quote (or closely paraphrase) material here without citing the source.  David Justin has a financial WP:COI Conflict of Interest and "a history of using sock puppets".  Rather than just deleting the source of information, we should be deleting the information as well.  Having realized that (after doing the cleanup, arrgh!) I'm therefore going to PROD this article. Initially I was going to edit the article because of the strong arguments and evidence in this study critique that the missing calories are simply due to underreporting.  --Elvey (talk) 19:39, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Hold on! How serious is the FCoI, really? At the bottom of the Disclaimer is "The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Inc. provided an unrestricted grant that was used to help defray the expenses incurred in establishing this web site in 1997, for which funding also was received from [others]".  That seems to directly contradict what's at the top: "receives no support, directly or indirectly, from any person or entity associated with the production, distribution, advertisement or sale of alcoholic beverages."  The only way I see to see that as not contradictory is to weasel that "provided" is past tense and "receives" is present tense.  Which if anything is evidence that the CoI is very serious.  OTOH, I'm avoiding rushing to judgement because David Justin isn't just some dude.  He's a professor (emeritus since 2006).--Elvey (talk) 20:01, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Pah!
No it doesn't! Alcohol does not increase weight - I've been a fairly regular drinker for the past 20 years and I'm still slightly underweight. The myth of a beer belly is down to simply people drink and then will eat junk food - or whatever comes easiest to hand. This doesn't affect me it seems - I don't eat after I've been drinking. I'm not a doctor and my brain is probably addled, but as I say I've had 20 years experience. Liquid doesn't make you fat - food does.--Tuzapicabit (talk) 22:51, 26 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Independent research is not useful for an encyclopedia. 76.118.196.178 (talk) 03:39, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

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Who's Kent Bunting? is there any related citation for us to refer to?
I'm trying to translated this short article into traditional Chinese, but I have to stop till I have further information. Thanks for your attention.ThomasYehYeh (talk) 11:08, 6 November 2021 (UTC)


 * I agree with this post on the article's talk page; a quick Google search shows no results for Kent Bunting with the words "weight" and "alcohol". The results I found just were from the Wikipedia page. CosmoBurst (talk) 22:00, 29 December 2023 (UTC)