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Unit 4: Food issues, challenges and futures - AoS 2 Navigating food information
Quick questions on Nutrition science and evaluating research for VCE Food Studies Unit 4 AoS 2
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What is features of reliable evidence?Show answer
To judge whether nutrition evidence is trustworthy, check:
What is correlation is not causation?Show answer
A key idea is that finding a link (correlation) between a food and a health outcome does not prove the food causes that outcome. Other factors may explain the link. Controlled trials are needed to show cause and effect, and population studies can only suggest associations.
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