IJE Advance Access originally published online on March 31, 2006
International Journal of Epidemiology 2006 35(3):538-540; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl060
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Cochrane Column
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This month the focus is on the Cochrane Review by Brunner et al., which assessed the effects of providing dietary advice to achieve sustained dietary changes or improved cardiovascular risk profile among healthy adults.
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The aim of the Column is to highlight Cochrane systematic reviews of relevance to public health and to stimulate debate on relevance, feasibility, and acceptability. The Cochrane Collaboration (http://www.cochrane.org) is an international, non-profit organization that prepares and disseminates up-to-date systematic reviews on the effects of healthcare interventions in order to help people make well-informed decisions. Systematic reviews aim to answer focused healthcare questions by systematically identifying and evaluating all relevant research studies and synthesizing their results.
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A summary of Cochrane reviews (and protocols) of relevance to health promotion and
1 Chair in Public Health, Deakin University, Australia
2 Co-Director, Cochrane Collaboration Health Promotion and Public Health Field
Food and Nutrition Group, School of Health and Social Care, University of Teesside, UK