Randomized controlled trials are the gold standard for evidence but as we are learning, it is not always possible or the best choice to study a public health issue with RCTs alone. Nutrition research may just be one example of this.
Read the following blog.
http://www.healthnewsreview.org/2015/08/randomized-trials-are-no-panacea-for-what-ails-nutrition-research/
Here’s your assignment…”The Government Oversight Committee on the Future of Nutrition Research Funding” (this is a made-up group) believes that only evidence from RCTs is worth funding. They don’t understand epidemiological research. What would you tell them about the strengths and weaknesses of current nutrition research (specifically as it relates to the different study designs). Be sure to click on the hyperlinks within the blog and use examples from the literature to support your statements.
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