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Comment by Conor J. MacDonald

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Nutrition epidemiology researcher; coauthor of a 2026 AJCN paper on target-trial methods in nutrition research
Given that diet is dynamic, multidimensional, and multifactorial, causal questions of dietary exposures are often complex. Consequently, research questions are often poorly defined, making study findings difficult to interpret and implement in the real world.
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Conor J. MacDonald, coauthor of “Best (but oft forgotten) practices: Applying the target trial framework in nutrition research,” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, July 2026.
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Observational nutrition studies are too confounded to show whether eggs cause harm
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Disputed The quoted text appears verbatim in the abstract on the cited Aarhus University source page, and that page shows publication status "Published - Jul 2026." But the same source attributes the article to six individual authors—Michael Fridén, Conor J. MacDonald, Deirdre K. Tobias, Dalia Stern, Yu Han Chiu, and Daniel B. Ibsen—so this platform cannot verify it as a single-author quote by Conor J. MacDonald alone. ([pure.au.dk](https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/best-but-oft-forgotten-practices-applying-the-target-trial-framew/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1h ago
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