Your weekly fact-checks
#Health
Misleading: You can reduce your risk of developing diabetes by eating earlier meals.
The study suggested an association, meaning that people who eat earlier meals were less likely to get diabetes. This doesn’t mean that eating earlier can reduce the risk, as the researchers have confirmed. (Source: Full Fact)
False: A&E waiting times in England are the best in two years.
The most recent NHS data shows that while there have been improvements to A&E waiting times in England in recent months, June 2023 was not the best month in the last 24. Health experts have also said the claim is “difficult to square” with public data. (Source: Full Fact)
#Nordics
Misvisende: Basal biologi gør, at teenagere ikke bare kan sove klokken 22. Men skærme før sengetid hjælper heller ikke
Det er forældrenes ansvar at få deres børn tidligere i seng - ikke skolernes ansvar at lade dem møde senere. Men ifølge forskere er det ikke helt så firkantet. Teenageres søvnbiologi gør nemlig, at det er sværere for dem at gå tidligt i seng og stå tidligt op. (Source: Tjekdet)
Falsk: Verdenskendt skuespiller lavede ikke lummer joke i TV-show
Et videoklip, hvor skuespiller Anne Hathaway tilsyneladende fortæller en lummer joke i TV-showet “The Daily Show”, er blevet set millioner af gange på sociale medier. Men faktisk er der tale om en såkaldt deepfake. (Source: Tjekdet)
#Other
False: Directed energy weapons caused fires in Paradise, California, and Lahaina, Hawaii.
There is no evidence to support this. The 2018 fire in California started as a result of a fallen power line. While no cause has yet been determined for the fire in Hawaii, some experts have suggested it may have started in a similar way, with dry conditions and high winds causing the fire to spread very rapidly. (Source: Full Fact)
#WTF?! What The Fact?! of the week
True: The Florida state Department of Education approved content that denies or minimizes the reality of anthropogenic climate change and compares climate science to Nazism
The education department determined that educational materials geared toward young children and high school students created by PragerU, a nonprofit co-founded by conservative radio host Dennis Prager, was in alignment with the state's standards on how to teach civics and government to K-12 students. It is unclear if any districts have actual plans or a desire to use the PragerU Kids material. (Source: Snopes)
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