Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

1. Evaluate how inaccuracy in NHANES energy intake data affects the interpretation of results from federally funded nutrition studies.
2. Describe the potential role of corporate and other types of bias in assessing the validity of NHANES data.
3. Assess how frequently results of studies may be exaggerated in the abstracts of peer-reviewed nutrition, public health, and obesity journals.
4. Summarize the results of a metaanalysis suggesting that higher consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages causes weight gain.
5. Discuss competing views regarding the clinical significance of these results.
6. Describe why some editors and researchers believe that observational studies should be registered in a public database before the analysis is carried out.
7. Explain that some researchers believe this may stifle innovation and discovery.
8. Summarize new recommendations on the appropriate macronutrient composition of diets for patients with diabetes.
9. Describe the association between total fruit consumption, fruit juice consumption, and consumption of individual fruits with type 2 diabetes risk.
10. Evaluate factors that may confound these results.