What's with all the hate for the article? The journalist is just reporting on what has been studied, and they do their diligence by sourcing the study and providing opinion on both sides of the matter.
I'd question the integrity of the work for reasons the article describes:
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I'd question the integrity of the work for reasons the article describes:
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Betsy Booren, director of scientific affairs for the American Meat Institute,
gave the study a thumbs-down because it relied on self-reports."
Going to the source material:
Going to the source material:
"The researchers, including senior author Frank Hu, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at HSPH, and colleagues, prospectively observed 37,698 men from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study for up to 22 years and 83,644 women in the Nurses' Health Study for up to 28 years who were free of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer at baseline. Diets were assessed through questionnaires every four years."
Yeah, questionnaires seem less than adequate, especially when they concern your lifestyle and diet for a period of 4 years.
Yeah, questionnaires seem less than adequate, especially when they concern your lifestyle and diet for a period of 4 years.
