240: Obesity Research: Rigor, Reproducibility & Truthful Communication – Dr. David Allison

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style= "font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Nutrition and obesity-related research are scientific topics which should be executed with the same degree of rigor, transparency, and truthful communication as in any other area of science.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style= "font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin;"> However, this type of research may be weaker than it should be due to flaws in the types of questions asked, the design of studies, the execution of studies, the analysis of resulting data, the interpretation and communication of studies and results. This weakens the overall quality of the literature and may lead to heightened distrust of nutrition science, which has been shown to be more severe than for other domains of inquiry.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 10.5pt; background: white;"><span style= "font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; color: #0f1111;"> Tune into this episode to learn about:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-left: 49.5pt; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; background: white;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: #0f1111;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">      </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span style= "font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; color: #0f1111;">an overview of various aspects of research including selection of questions,