Belief beyond the evidence: Using the proposed effect of breakfast on obesity to show 2 practices that distort scientific evidence

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1298-1308

  Brown, Andrew W ^a   Brown, Michelle M Bohan ^a   Allison, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIASED RESEARCH REPORTING; CALORIC INTAKE; CAUSAL LANGUAGE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; EATING DISORDER; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROPOSED EFFECT OF BREAKFAST ON OBESITY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH LACKING PROBATIVE VALUE; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BREAKFAST; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; ENERGY INTAKE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84886260360     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.064410     Document Type: Article

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