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Thoughtful article of the challenges of nutrition research

sienainthesun
sienainthesun Posts: 48 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I thought this was an interesting article about why it is so hard to develop valid nutrition research findings: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/you-cant-trust-what-you-read-about-nutrition/

I wonder if some of the barriers to valid food diary reporting will be mitigated over time by online tracking tools, though on the other hand it all comes down to honesty, memory, and accuracy.

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  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
    I do believe that the article writer was paid by the word.

    The only way to get truly valid data on what people are eating is to isolate them and give them all of their food. That's very expensive so researchers don't want to do that.
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