Nutrition Research Results Commonly Overstated : Clinical Nutrition Insight

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Nutrition Research Results Commonly Overstated

Lomangino, Kevin

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Clinical Nutrition INSIGHT 39(12):p 3-4, December 2013. | DOI: 10.1097/01.NMD.0000441192.65142.d5

Abstract

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  • Approximately 10% of nutrition and obesity-related study abstracts published in the top peer-reviewed journals include statements that exaggerate the significance of the results.
  • Because research results are commonly overstated, clinicians should be very cautious when applying them in clinical practice.
© 2013 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

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