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Categories: Diet studies

9/23/2016

TIME’s story on infants and food allergy risks overstates research findings

7/5/2016

Bloomberg story on fiber benefits hinges on unpublished data from a private fitness app

4/28/2016

Medical Daily story on Mediterranean diet study mostly echoes news release

5 4/14/2016

Solid effort by NBC on saturated fat study, though story lacked hard numbers on findings

2 3/11/2016

CNN story on fasting diet study veers into clickbait territory

2/4/2016

How big is the reduction in breast cancer risk linked to a high-fiber diet? 16 percent or 0.2 percentage point?

2/4/2016

Multiple perspectives elevate CBS coverage of diet-breast cancer link

1/22/2016

“Just add water” for student weight loss? Strong CBS report missed on costs and study limitations

1/8/2016

US News “Best Diets” release rehashed as HealthDay story

1/8/2016

Tacos and neural tube defects: NPR deftly explains the connection

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Following a shift in journalism’s business model, a diverse ecosystem of publications, many covering science, has sprung up online. This has made it more difficult to sort out what qualifies as journalism, what doesn’t, and whether the public even cares.

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