A 2015 systematic review and meta-analysis in Open Heart (BMJ) by Zoe Harcombe and colleagues, examining the randomized controlled trial evidence available when the United States government issued its first dietary fat guidelines in 1977 and again in 1983. The review found that the RCT evidence available at the time did not support the recommendation to reduce total or saturated fat intake.
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AuthorZoe Harcombe, Julien S Baker, Stephen Mark Cooper, Bruce Davies, Nicholas Sculthorpe, James J DiNicolantonio, Fergal Grace
PublisherOpen Heart (BMJ Publishing Group)
Publication Year2015
Source TypePrimary Text
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Harcombe et al. 2015, Open Heart: RCT Evidence Behind the 1977/1983 Dietary Fat Guidelines
Zoe Harcombe, Julien S Baker, Stephen Mark Cooper, Bruce Davies, Nicholas Sculthorpe, James J DiNicolantonio, Fergal Grace, Open Heart (BMJ Publishing Group), 2015
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