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. 2020 May;33(2):113-117.
doi: 10.2337/ds19-0077.

What Makes Nutrition Research So Difficult to Conduct and Interpret?

Mara Z Vitolins  1 , Talsi L Case  2
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What Makes Nutrition Research So Difficult to Conduct and Interpret?

Mara Z Vitolins et al. Diabetes Spectr. 2020 May.

Abstract

Conducting and interpreting nutrition research involves consideration of the research question, study design, wide variability of nutrients in foods and dietary patterns, food environment, approaches used to collect and analyze dietary data, and manner in which results are reported. This article reviews all of these considerations with regard to diabetes-related nutrition research.

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