Nutrients, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(6), P. 972 - 972
Published: March 10, 2025
This paper makes a critical evaluation of several the research methods used to investigate relationship between diet, health, and disease. The two widely are randomized controlled trials (RCTs) prospective cohort studies. RCTs viewed as being more reliable than studies for that reason placed higher in hierarchy. However, have inherent flaws and, consequently, they may generate findings less those from text presents discussion errors occur result confounding. refers correlation exposure outcome with other variables can mask true association or produce false associations. Another source error is reverse causation, which most commonly associated cross-sectional These do not allow researchers determine temporal sequence lifestyle inputs together health-related outcomes. As result, it be unclear cause effect. also illustrated by inverse alcohol intake coronary heart Mechanistic investigation intricate details body functioning health disease this strategy biomedical science. evidence presented here case our information practical value field nutrition has come epidemiological research, including RCTs, whereas mechanistic been minor value.
Language: Английский