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You are given sufficient funding to develop a cross-sectional study examining the association of obesity and soda consumption

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You are given sufficient funding to develop a cross-sectional study examining the association of obesity and soda consumption. 1. Brie?y describe how you would setup a cross-sectional study of soda intake and obesity. You have funding to assess 500 people. 2. What measure of frequency would you use in the analysis of your cross-sectional study? 3. Some type of regression analysis is the most common statistical approach used in cross- sectional studies to compare the frequency of the outcome across the groups while accounting for factors (other variables) that may confound the frequency comparisons. What factors (potential confounders) would you want to include in your regression analysis? 1 41 You would have preferred to have the funding and time to complete a cohort study of obesity and soda intake instead of the case-control and cross—sectional studies. Why would a cohort study be advantageous in comparison to the case-control or cross-sectiona studies? (primary reasons)