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ArticleInternational journal of food sciences and nutrition2016

Food science and food ingredients: the need for reliable scientific approaches and correct communication, Florence, 24 March 2015.

Carrie Helen Ruxton

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Article in International journal of food sciences and nutrition, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Carrie Helen Ruxtona Nutrition Communications , Cupar , UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This report summarises the proceedings of a conference organised by the Italian Association of Hospital Cardiologists. The aim was to consider the process by which dietary guidelines (DG) are developed and the quality of evidence underpinning these guidelines, as well as debating whether or not this has resulted in DG that are effective in terms of health improvement. Key points were a caution about false positives in research, the importance of holistic DG rather than single nutrient targets, the need for appropriate disease endpoints in studies and control of confounders, a plea for less reliance on observational studies which cannot address cause-and-effect relationships and a need to bear in mind unintended consequences. Options for improving the system and the quality of evidence were discussed.

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Biomedical ResearchDietFood TechnologyNutrition PolicyCommunicationHumansItalySocieties, MedicalBiasconfoundersdietary guidelinesevidencefatsugar

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PMID26714843
PMCPMC4732454

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