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Challenges in Research in Nutritional Epidemiology

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Much has been written about the practice and challenges of research in nutritional epidemiology. For general details concerning this topic, the reader is referred to existing and extensive source materials, including Design Concepts in Epidemiology, edited by Margetts and Nelson [1] and Nutritional Epidemiologyby Willett [2]. These books provide myriad technical details on the goals of nutritional epidemiology and the conduct and interpretation of studies, with discussion of potential pitfalls. This chapter focuses on two issues that are particularly challenging in nutritional epidemiology: (1) how to find out what people eat, and (2) how to think about the effect of diet on health.

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  1. Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA

    David R. Jacobs Jr. PhD

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    Norman J. Temple

  2. Department of Biology, Winona State University, Winona, 54603, Minnesota, USA

    Ted Wilson

  3. School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Community H, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second St., Minneapolis, 55454, USA

    David R. Jacobs, Jr.

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Jacobs, D.R. (2012). Challenges in Research in Nutritional Epidemiology. In: Temple, N., Wilson, T., Jacobs, Jr., D. (eds) Nutritional Health. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-894-8_2

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