ABSTRACT The ASN Board of Directors appointed the Nutrition Research Task Force to
develop a report on scientific methods used in nutrition science to advance discovery …

Clinical nutrition research has played a pivotal role in establishing causality between diet or
nutrient intake and health outcome measures and in the determination of dietary …

Decision making in nutrition is based on current available scientific evidence. However, we
are currently living in a time of highly accessible information, and with the increase in …

Nutrition Research: Concepts and Applications, Second Edition assists students in
developing the skills necessary to become knowledgeable consumers of research, conduct …

ABSTRACT A large body of evidence supports the notion that incorrect or insufficient
nutrition contributes to disease development. A pivotal goal is thus to understand what …

Scientific progress depends on the quality and credibility of research methods. As discourse
on rigor, transparency, and reproducibility joins the cacophony of nutrition information and …

Nutritional research and policies have been criticized for relying on observational evidence,
using self-report diet assessment methods, and supposedly being unable to present a …

Systematic reviews represent a rigorous and transparent approach of synthesizing scientific
evidence that minimizes bias. They evolved within the medical community to support …

ABSTRACT The USDA's Nutrition Evidence Systematic Review (NESR) team conducts food-
and nutrition-related systematic reviews used to inform US Federal guidelines and …

Nutrition science has enriched our understanding of how to stay healthy by producing
valuable knowledge about the interaction of nutrients, food, and the human body. Nutrition …