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| Title |
Obscurity on Obesity
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medicine, August 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1741-7015-12-114 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jack Winkler |
| Abstract |
Much research is underway on the links between diet and obesity. So too are long-running disputes among nutritionists on core questions about the relationship. This editorial reviews the state-of-play on four issues: what makes people fat, how to lose weight, how much do we eat, and what policies to adopt towards obesity. The practical consequence is that, at present, frontline health professionals will not find in nutrition science agreed, actionable solutions to assist overweight patients. But research and debate continues actively. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 23 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 5 | 22% |
| Canada | 5 | 22% |
| United States | 3 | 13% |
| France | 2 | 9% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 4% |
| China | 1 | 4% |
| Denmark | 1 | 4% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 4 | 17% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 14 | 61% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 17% |
| Scientists | 4 | 17% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 31 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 30 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 10% |
| Researcher | 3 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 8 | 26% |
| Unknown | 7 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 32% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 13% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 10% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 3% |
| Sports and Recreations | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 10% |
| Unknown | 9 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 31. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 May 2016.
All research outputs
#1,090,934
of 22,761,738 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medicine
#762
of 3,413 outputs
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#12,099
of 236,352 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medicine
#19
of 69 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 3,413 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 43.5. This one has done well, scoring higher than 77% of its peers.
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