Originally Posted by
PeteHski
Is it the study itself that is hyped or just the media reporting on it? Were the authors specifically looking to demonstrate an adverse link or was it something that simply popped out of the data that they couldn’t just ignore? I suspect more the latter as I got the impression that the adverse link was a surprise.
The doctor pretty much sums up my thoughts on it in the video I linked.
I don't think there were any surprises for the designers of the study. All medias love hype and controversy.