[fellow_human]

> Even the studies that have passed the test of time look a little weird. The Adverse Childhood Experiences study found that obesity and other seemingly nonpsychiatric diseases were linked to child abuse, and recent studies confirm this – but the controls for socioeconomic status are always insufficient, and there’s surprisingly little shared environmental component.

I'm not sure of the author is purposefully ignorant about this, but the original ACE study was done on middle class households, 75% white. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/17/6487108...

[SpicyLemonZest]

I'm not sure I follow. The US is 75% white, and by many definitions (I can't tell from this article how they defined it) is mostly middle class.

[fellow_human]

Perhaps whiteness is irrelevant, perhaps not. Socioeconomic background was controlled for the fact that the participants were from the middle class. Whether that's inherent to the US population due to the fact that it's a big part of it, or not is irrelevant. Unless I've missed your point?