The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

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Media

The BMJ (BMJ Publishing Group)

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  • AGR-4.6: The BMJ published Nina Teicholz's critique of the 2015 advisory committee report on 23 September 2015, issued clarifications on 29 September, corrected one statement on the saturated-fat evidence in October, and did not retract it. The article states that the expert report "fails to reflect much relevant scientific literature in its reviews of crucial topics and therefore risks giving a misleading picture." The committee said it "strongly disagrees with many of the statements represented as facts." The article's competing-interests note states that Teicholz is a board member of the Nutrition Coalition, which funded the 2022 study in section 4.7, and that the article was fully funded with a grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 545 23 September 2015. Nina Teicholz, The BMJ: The scientific report guiding the US dietary guidelines: is it scientific? (BMJ 2015;351:h4962)
  • Exhibit 546 29 September 2015. Retraction Watch: Following criticism, BMJ 'clarifies' dietary guidelines investigation
  • Exhibit 547 28 October 2015. Retraction Watch: BMJ corrects controversial critique of US dietary guidelines report