Common scientific and statistical errors in obesity research

Order of Magnitude Misestimation of Weight Effects of Children's Meal Policy Proposals

(2016) Andrew W. Brown et al.   Childhood Obesity

Best (but oft-forgotten) practices: designing, analyzing, and reporting cluster randomized controlled trials

(2015) Andrew W Brown et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Linear Extrapolation Results in Erroneous Overestimation of Plausible Stressor-Related Yearly Weight Changes

(2015) Michelle M. Bohan Brown et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Ignoring regression to the mean leads to unsupported conclusion about obesity

(2015) Asheley Cockrell Skinner et al.   International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

The importance of prediction model validation and assessment in obesity and nutrition research

(2015) A E Ivanescu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Communication of Randomized Controlled Trial Results Must Match the Study Focus

(2015) Andrew W Brown et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Implausible Results from the Use of Invalid Methods

(2015) Dale Schoeller et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

David Sackett

(2015) R. Smith   BMJ-British Medical Journal

The Extent and Consequences of P-Hacking in Science

(2015) Megan L. Head et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

David Sackett

(2015) R. Smith   BMJ-British Medical Journal

An Unjustified Conclusion from Self-report-based Estimates of Energy Intake

(2014) David A. Levitsky et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Weighing the Evidence of Common Beliefs in Obesity Research

(2014) Krista Casazza et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION

Hypercaloric diets with increased meal frequency, but not meal size, increase intrahepatic triglycerides: A randomized controlled trial

(2014) Karin E. Koopman et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Energy balance measurement: when something is not better than nothing

(2014) N V Dhurandhar et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Long-Term Predictors of Blood Pressure Among Adolescents During an 18-Month School-Based Obesity Prevention Intervention

(2014) Nayoung Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH

Policy: NIH plans to enhance reproducibility

(2014) Francis S. Collins et al.   NATURE

Let's Call It As It Is: On Results, Reach, and Resolution in Population-Based Obesity Trials

(2014) M. Wake et al.   PEDIATRICS

Unscientific Beliefs about Scientific Topics in Nutrition

(2014) Andrew W. Brown et al.   Advances in Nutrition

Belief beyond the evidence: using the proposed effect of breakfast on obesity to show 2 practices that distort scientific evidence

(2013) Andrew W Brown et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Growing Healthy Kids

(2013) Dina C. Castro et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Myths, Presumptions, and Facts about Obesity

(2013) Krista Casazza et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Is everything we eat associated with cancer? A systematic cookbook review

(2012) Jonathan D Schoenfeld et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Evaluation of a multicomponent intervention to improve weight status and fitness in children: Upstarts

(2012) Gavin RH Sandercock et al.   PEDIATRICS INTERNATIONAL

Setting an Optimal α That Minimizes Errors in Null Hypothesis Significance Tests

(2012) Joseph F. Mudge et al.   PLoS One

Comparisons against baseline within randomised groups are often used and can be highly misleading

(2011) J Martin Bland et al.   Trials

Registration of observational studies: Is it time?

(2010) R. J. Williams et al.   CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

Reporting and Interpretation of Randomized Controlled Trials With Statistically Nonsignificant Results for Primary Outcomes

(2010) Isabelle Boutron   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Multiple imputation using chained equations: Issues and guidance for practice

(2010) Ian R. White et al.   STATISTICS IN MEDICINE

CONSORT 2010 Statement: Updated Guidelines for Reporting Parallel Group Randomised Trials

(2010) Kenneth F. Schulz et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

The Intra-Cluster Correlation Coefficient in Cluster Randomized Trials: A Review of Definitions

(2009) Sandra M. Eldridge et al.   INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL REVIEW

Understanding the relationship between baseline BMI and subsequent weight change in antipsychotic trials: Effect modification or regression to the mean?

(2009) David B. Allison et al.   PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

(2009) David Moher et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

School-based obesity treatment and prevention programs: all in all, just another brick in the wall?

(2008) N Durant et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY