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For 13 dietary risk factors, the best pooled unbiased effect size on disease was identified.
Practitioners can use these effect sizes to inform dietary recommendations.
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For 13, data were identified to provide the best pooled unbiased effect size on disease.
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Based on systematic evaluation of multiple studies.
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Abstract P060: Major Dietary Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases: A Systematic Review of the Current Evidence for Causal Effects and Effect Sizes
Shahab Khatibzadeh et al. · Circulation · 2012
DOI 10.1161/circ.125.suppl_10.ap060
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