*Geek Box: Foods vs. Formulas One issue facing nutrition is when the outcome of interest is a nutrient, for example …
*Geek Box: The ‘ALP’
*Geek Box: The ‘Atherogenic Lipoprotein Phenotype’ The ‘atherogenic lipoprotein phenotype’ is the technical term describing a particular pattern of blood …
*Geek Box: Triglycerides & CVD Risk
*Geek Box: Triglycerides & CVD Risk Triglycerides are known to increase on higher carbohydrate diets, and decrease on low-carbohydrate diets. …
*Geek Box: Post-Hoc Secondary Analysis
*Geek Box: Post-Hoc Secondary Analysis The literal translation of the Latin term ‘post hoc’ is ‘after this’, i.e., something which …
*Geek Box: Lipid Metabolism
*Geek Box: Lipid Metabolism The term ‘lipid’ is the technical term for fats in the body, which are taken in …
*Geek Box: Control of Bias in the Lyon Diet-Heart Study
*Geek Box: Control of Bias in the Lyon Diet-Heart Study The Lyon Diet-Heart Study was a secondary prevention trial of …
*Geek Box: Longitudinal Study
*Geek Box: Longitudinal Study ‘Longitudinal’ in research design simply means ‘over time’. Longitudinal studies are observational, and data is collected …
*Geek Box: Hazard Ratios
*Geek Box: Hazard Ratios Hazard ratios, or ‘HRs’, are used to express the chance of an event occurring in a …
*Geek Box: Prospective Cohort Studies
*Geek Box: Prospective Cohort Studies In the biomedical model, a randomised controlled trial is considered the ‘gold standard’ of scientific …
*Geek Box: Falsification
*Geek Box: Falsification in Science What does ‘falsified’ mean in science? The concept originated with Austrian philosopher Karl Popper. In …