Calling guidance evidence-based when it is not is against the ethos of science

Authors

Emily J. Dhurandhar, Obthera, Lubbock, TX, United States.
Theodore K. Kyle, ConscienHealth, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Bradley C. Johnston, Department of Nutrition, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College Station, TX, United States.
Jon Agley, Prevention Insights, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States.
James O. Hill, Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Martin Binks, Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, College of Public Health, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States.
Thorkild Ia Sørensen, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research and Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Scott Kahan, National Center for Weight and Wellness, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington DC, United States.
Lawrence J. Cheskin, Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, College of Public Health, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States.
Hertzel C. Gerstein, Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Raul Cruz-Cano, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Indiana University-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States.
Richard L. Atkinson, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States.
John W. Erdman, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Champaign, IL, United States.
Susan B. Roberts, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States.
David Klurfeld, Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States.
Steven B. Heymsfield, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States.
Grant M. Tinsley, Department of Kinesiology & Sport Management, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States; Vineyard Health, Holland, MI, United States.
Stefan M. Pasiakos, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States.
Paul M. Coates, Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States.
John Foreyt, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States.
Kathryn A. Kaiser, Department of Health Behavior, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
David B. Allison, Department of Pediatrics and USDA-ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States. Electronic address: David.Allison@BCM.edu.

Document Type

Letter to the Editor

Publication Date

9-9-2025

Journal

The American journal of clinical nutrition

DOI

10.1016/j.ajcnut.2025.09.013

APA Citation

Dhurandhar, Emily J.; Kyle, Theodore K.; Johnston, Bradley C.; Agley, Jon; Hill, James O.; Binks, Martin; Sørensen, Thorkild Ia; Kahan, Scott; Cheskin, Lawrence J.; Gerstein, Hertzel C.; Cruz-Cano, Raul; Atkinson, Richard L.; Erdman, John W.; Roberts, Susan B.; Klurfeld, David; Heymsfield, Steven B.; Tinsley, Grant M.; Pasiakos, Stefan M.; Coates, Paul M.; Foreyt, John; Kaiser, Kathryn A.; and Allison, David B., "Calling guidance evidence-based when it is not is against the ethos of science" (2025). GW Authored Works. Paper 7972.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/7972

Department

Exercise and Nutrition Sciences