{"id":9457,"date":"2023-04-10T11:16:57","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T10:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zoeharcombe.com\/?p=9457"},"modified":"2023-04-29T08:57:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T07:57:10","slug":"the-chocolate-study-that-fooled-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zoeharcombe.com\/2023\/04\/the-chocolate-study-that-fooled-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The chocolate study that fooled the world"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Executive Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n

* In 2015, three German reporters set about trying to do a study, which would get published in an academic journal and generate global headlines “Chocolate helps weight loss<\/em>”. They achieved their goal.\n <\/p>\n

* This review of this classic study shows how the journalists achieved their expos\u00e9 and how results were claimed despite glaring inconsistencies. \n <\/p>\n

* The article was published without peer review. This post goes through just some of the big flaws that should have been picked up in peer review.\n <\/p>\n

* Some of the global headlines have been since corrected; some are still online, reporting this fake study as valid.\n <\/p>\n

* Most diet and health academic papers have at least one flaw in them. This one was in a league of its own.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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