Guidelines for the design, conduct and reporting of human intervention studies to evaluate the health benefits of foods

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Welch, Robert W ^a   Antoine, Jean Michel ^b   Berta, Jean Louis ^c   Bub, Achim ^d   De Vries, Jan ^e   Guarner, Francisco ^f   Hasselwander, Oliver ^g   Hendriks, Henk ^h   Jäkel, Martin ⁱ   Koletzko, Berthold V ^j   Patterson, Chris C ^k   Richelle, Myriam ^l   Skarp, Maria ^m   Theis, Stephan ⁿ   Vidry, Stéphane ^m   Woodside, Jayne V ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DANONE RESEARCH   (France)

^c President Executif du CEGEDFA   (France)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

^e De Vries Nutrition Solutions ^*  (Netherlands)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^g Danisco   (United Kingdom)

^h TNO   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^j LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^k QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^l NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^m International Life Sciences Institute of Europe   (Belgium)

ⁿ Südzucker BENEO Group   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Foods; Health claims; Human intervention studies; International Life Sciences Institute Europe; Study design; Substantiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STUDY DESIGN;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIET; EUROPE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FOOD LABELING; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; PUBLICATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 82555202531     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511003606     Document Type: Article

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