Evidence-based nutrition: Does it differ from evidence-based medicine?

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 475-486

  Mann, Jim I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

GRADE; nutrition; systematic reviews; WCRF

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HOMOCYSTEINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RECTUM CANCER; RED MEAT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SODIUM RESTRICTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET; DIET THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77958038237     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 13652060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2010.506449     Document Type: Review

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