Nutrition: Ethical Issues and Challenges

For nutrition and its associated disciplines, ethical considerations related to research are often complicated by factors that range from the use of experimental research designs that are overly holistic to inextricable links between nutrition research and marketing. As a consequence, there is the need for constant vigilance to assess and deal with apparent conflicts of interest. Also, there are few scientific disciplines that are defined by cultural, religious, or political codifications as is nutrition.

Source: Nutrition Research - October 19, 2016 Category: Nutrition Authors: Robert B Rucker, Michael R Rucker Source Type: research