Response to Comments on Evert et al. Nutrition Therapy Recommendations for the Management of Adults With Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2013;36:3821–3842
2014; American Diabetes Association; Volume: 37; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2337/dc14-0077
ISSN1935-5548
AutoresWilliam S. Yancy, Stephanie Dunbar, Jackie L. Boucher, Marjorie Cypress, Alison B. Evert, Marion J. Franz, Elizabeth J. Mayer‐Davis, Joshua J. Neumiller, Patti Urbanski, Cassandra L. Verdi, Robin Nwankwo,
Tópico(s)Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
ResumoDr. Sigal (1) and Jardine et al. (2) summarize several observational studies showing that consumption of animal products is related to incidence of type 2 diabetes. Nutrition therapy for the prevention of type 2 diabetes is an important topic that has substantial evidence supporting its effectiveness based on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) (3,4). The focus of the position statement, however, was on the management of patients already diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 diabetes (5). Therefore, the studies summarized in Sigal and Jardine et al. were excluded from the literature review. While observational studies were included in the literature review, the position statement placed emphasis on RCTs because of the biases inherent to observational research. For example, people who consume larger amounts of meat may have other behaviors or characteristics that confound the relationship between meat intake and disease. As an example, in …
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