Chapter 2 - Evaluating Nutrition Information
Placebo
Fake treatment, such as a sham pill, injection, or medical procedure
Testimonial
Personal endorsement of a product
Pseudoscience
Presentation of information masquerading as factual and obtained by scientific methods
Quackery
Promotion of useless medical treatments
Viv experiments
Whole living organisms used for experiments
Vitro or test tube experiments
components derived from living organisms for experiment
Double blind study
experimental design in which neither the participants no the researchers are aware of each participants assignment
Peer review
expert critical analysis of a research article prior to its publication
Control group
group being studied whose treatment differs from that of a treatment group, such as not receiving any treatment or receiving a placebo
Anecdotes
personal reports of experiences
Hypothesis
possible explanation about an observation that guides scientific research
Placebo effect
response to a placebo
Epidemiology
study of disease rates among different population groups
Case-control study
type of study in which individuals who have health condition are compared with individuals who have similar characteristics but do not have the condition
Retrospective study
type of study that determines factors that may have contributed to the development of the disease
Prospective study
type of study that follows a group of healthy people over time to determine characteristics associated with the development of diseases