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

01-04-2019 | COMMENTARY

Nutritional epidemiology, extinction or evolution? It is all about balance and moderation

Authors: Sanne Verhoog, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Oscar H. Franco

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

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In an editorial published in September 2018 in JAMA, Ioannidis discussed the status of nutritional epidemiology and stated that radical reform is needed [1]. Diet is complex, the methods currently available to assess it are inadequate and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) do not support the findings from observational studies. …
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Metadata
Title
Nutritional epidemiology, extinction or evolution? It is all about balance and moderation
Authors
Sanne Verhoog
Pedro Marques-Vidal
Oscar H. Franco
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/s10654-019-00514-5

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