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15.7. Childhood obesity intervention studies: A narrative review and guide for investigators, authors, editors, reviewers, journalists, and readers to guard against exaggerated effectiveness claims

AW Brown , DG Altman , T Baranowski , JM Bland , JA Dawson , NV Dhurandhar , S Dowla , KR Fontaine , A Gelman , SB Heymsfield , W Jayawardene , SW Keith , TK Kyle , E Loken , JM Oakes , J Stevens , DM Thomas , DB Allison

To read the full abstract: Obes Rev. 2019 Nov;20(11):15231541. doi: 10.1111/obr.12923.This is a thoughtful position statement by a number of leading obesity researchers and statisticians. They draw attention to 10 errors that are common in the scientific literature: 1. Using self-reported outcomes and teaching to the test (achieving better scores simply by repeat testing); 2. L...

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15.7. Childhood obesity intervention studies: A narrative review and guide for investigators, authors, editors, reviewers, journalists, and readers to guard against exaggerated effectiveness claims

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