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The scientific report guiding the US dietary guidelines: is it scientific?

BMJ 2016; 355 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i6061 (Published 02 December 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;355:i6061

Notice of correction and clarification

Please note that there has been a previous correction for this article, at http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h5686.

Correction

This article (BMJ 2015;351:h4962, doi:10.1136/bmj.h4962) stated that the 2015 US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) “conducted an [ad] hoc examination of the scientific literature without well defined systematic criteria for how studies or outside review papers were identified, selected, or evaluated.” The article also stated that the committee “conducted ad hoc reviews of the literature, without defining criteria for identifying or evaluating studies.” These statements are incorrect. The DGAC defined the methods it used for identifying, selecting, and evaluating such evidence in its advisory report1 in Part C: Methodology and Appendix E2.2 However, it should be noted that the DGAC also used non-systematic approaches in its evidence selection.

The article also stated that the DGAC’s recommendations on saturated fats were …

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