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Macro partitioning
Food Frequency Questionnaires (FFQs) used in the PURE study likely overestimate carbohydrate intake and underestimate fat intake in Chinese populations due to the exclusion of edible oils from fat calculations.
When tracking your diet, do not forget to include cooking oils in your fat intake. Self-reported diets often miss these 'invisible' fats, leading to an overestimation of carbohydrate consumption.
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The five main sources of total fat for the Chinese population in the PURE study are highly controversial because edible oils were not listed, which are the main source of fat among Chinese.
Why this rating
Strong logical inference based on comparison with the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) data.
Source
Associations of fats and carbohydrates with cardiovascular disease and mortality—PURE and simple?
Salvatore Carbone et al. · The Lancet · 2018
DOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)30799-2
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Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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