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Unreformed nutritional epidemiology: a lamp post in the dark forest

Author: John P. A. Ioannidis

Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology | Issue 4/2019

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Giovannucci disagrees [1] that reform is needed [2‐4] in nutritional epidemiology. He argues that nutritional effects are large, and that traditional means of measuring exposure and handling confounding secure reliable answers. Complexity is manageable through readily definable diet patterns, important questions are obvious, we pretty much know the answers. Analyses demonstrate the wisdom of our hypotheses. Giovannucci eloquently admits searching under the lamp post, confident that whatever is worth finding is right there. …

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Title: Unreformed nutritional epidemiology: a lamp post in the dark forest
Author: John P. A. Ioannidis
Publication date: 01-04-2019
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology / Issue 4/2019
Print ISSN: 0393-2990
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7284
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-019-00487-5

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