Quality of systematic reviews of the foods with function claims registered at the Consumer Affairs Agency website in Japan: a prospective systematic review

The objective of this review was to assess the quality of systematic reviews (SRs) based on the Foods with Function Claims (FFC) registered at the Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) website in Japan by AMSTAR checklist. Study design was a prospective SR of SRs based on the FFC registered at the CAA website in Japan. We searched the database from 1 April 2015 (starting date) through 27 October 2015 on the CAA website. A full quality appraisal of identified papers was made using the combined tool based on the AMSTAR checklist developed to assess the methodological quality of SRs.
Source: Nutrition Research - Category: Nutrition Authors: Source Type: research