Exhibit 546

Following criticism, BMJ 'clarifies' dietary guidelines investigation

Exhibit 546 · News report

Following criticism, BMJ 'clarifies' dietary guidelines investigation

strongly disagrees with many of the statements represented as facts

Reports that BMJ issued two clarifications (the sentence should have said 'lean' meats; the share of DGAC questions with an NEL review was 63 percent of those needing a systematic review) and that the DGAC posted a rapid response.

Source: Retraction Watch
Date: 29 September 2015
Quoted from: Paragraph 3, quoting the DGAC rapid response
Grade: Reported
Document: https://retractionwatch.com/2015/09/29/following-criticism-bmj-clarifies-dietary-guidelines-investigation
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit

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Finding AGR-4.6: Reported 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.