Exercise Snacks: Can just four minutes of exercise a day improve blood sugar?
Summary
Hosts Kristen Sinani and Regina Nuzzo evaluate a study on "exercise snacks" for type 2 diabetes, finding the primary outcome failed while media highlighted significant secondary results. They discuss how researchers added unpre-registered analyses, leading to potential cherry-picking of data. The episode critiques science journalism for overselling single studies and emphasizes the importance of checking pre-registrations to assess research integrity.
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