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ReviewAdvances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.)2016

Foods, Nutrients, and Dietary Patterns: Interconnections and Implications for Dietary Guidelines.

Linda C Tapsell, Elizabeth P Neale, Ambika Satija, Frank B Hu

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Review in Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 369 papers, 20 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
369citing papers in PubMed, 20 pooled it
33.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

369 citing papers in PubMed, 20 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 682 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Empirically derived dietary patterns and prostate cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohorts.European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) · 2026
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  2. Sustainable dietary recommendations for the Spanish population.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2026
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  20. Dietary patterns and internalizing symptoms in children and adolescents: A meta-analysis.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2022
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309 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Linda C TapsellSmart Foods Centre, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia; and ltapsell@uow.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-2546-6507
Elizabeth P NealeSmart Foods Centre, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia; and.ORCID 0000-0002-6373-8622
Ambika SatijaDepartments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
Frank B HuDepartments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
Harvard University · USUniversity of Wollongong · AU

Funding

Transgenic CoreP30DK046200 · NIDDK · TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · PI GREENBERG, ANDREW S, PERISSI, VALENTINA · 1992 to 2021
$25.0M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK046200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dietary guidelines provide evidence-based statements on food choices to meet nutritional requirements and reduce the risk of prevailing chronic disease. They involve a substantial amount of research translation, and their implementation has important health consequences. Foods, however, are complex combinations of nutrients and other compounds that act synergistically within the food and across food combinations. In addition, the evidence base underpinning dietary guidelines accesses research that reflects different study designs, with inherent strengths and limitations. We propose a systematic approach for the review of evidence that begins with research on dietary patterns. This research will identify the combinations of foods that best protect, or appear deleterious to, health. Next, we suggest that evidence be sought from research that focuses on the effects of individual foods. Finally, nutrient-based research should be considered to explain the mechanisms by which these foods and dietary patterns exert their effects, take into account the effects of ingredients added to the food supply, and enable assessments of dietary sufficiency. The consideration of individual nutrients and food components (e.g., upper limits for saturated fat, added sugar, and sodium) provides important benchmarks for evaluating overall diet quality. The concepts of core and discretionary foods (nutrient-rich and nutrient-poor foods, respectively) enable distinctions between foods, and this has implications for the relation between food policy and food manufacturing. In summary, evidence supporting healthy dietary patterns provides the foundation for the development of dietary guidelines. Further reference to individual foods and nutrients follows from the foundation of healthy dietary patterns.

Indexed as

DietFeeding BehaviorNutritional RequirementsNutrition PolicyNutritive ValueFoodFood QualityHumansNutritional Sciencesdietary guidelinesdietary patternsfoodsfood synergynutrients

Identifiers

PMID27184272
PMCPMC4863273
OpenAlexW2402987138

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