Capable and credible? Challenging nutrition science

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 2009-2012

  Penders, Bart ^a   Wolters, Anna ^a   Feskens, Edith F ^b   Brouns, Fred ^a   Huber, Machteld ^c   Maeckelberghe, Els L M ^d   Navis, Gerjan ^d   Ockhuizen, Theo ^e   Plat, Jogchum ^a   Sikkema, Jan ^d   Stasse Wolthuis, Marianne ^b   van ‘t Veer, Pieter ^b   Verweij, Marcel ^b   de Vries, Jan ^f  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Institute for Positive Health   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e Nutricom Consultancy   (Netherlands)

^f De Vries Nutrition Solutions   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capability; Credibility; Evidence; Inclusiveness; Nutrition science; Real world experiments

Indexed keywords

ART; AWARENESS; DIAGNOSIS; DIETITIAN; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIOLOGIST; TRUST; WELLBEING; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE;

HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC;

EID: 85024483578     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-017-1507-y     Document Type: Editorial

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