Talk:Framingham Heart Study

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"Many studies and articles criticise the Framingham study. As evidence, the following quote is used: "In Framingham, Massachusetts, the more saturated fat one ate, the more cholesterol one ate, the more calories one ate, the lower people's serum cholesterol...we found that the people who ate the most cholesterol, ate the most saturated fat, ate the most calories weighed the least and were the most physically active." Dr William Castelli 1992 (Director of the Framingham study). "

criticse on what bases? presente as evidence of what?

That's not criticism. It sounds like an unexpected result of the study. Does it come with a proper source, e.g. journal article or newspaper report? JFW | T@lk 16:19, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

The source is: Castelli, William, "Concerning the Possibility of a Nut. . ." Archives of Internal Medicine, Jul 1992, 152:(7):1371-1372

However for some reason the abstracts on pubmed and Archives of internal medicine don't seem to have any text!? [1] [2] [3]

Anyway, many articles do criticize it for the reason that it goes against established thinking. I'll see if I can find a reference of a critical article. Turgonml 14:44, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Seriously, I would love for a definitive answer on this Dr. Castelli quote, which I have seen repeated in many, many places. But I can't find a single official source confirming or refuting it. I guess this guy is still alive so it would be great if we could find out directly from him, but I can't find out any contact information. Given how controversial this topic is I can't believe this hasn't been settled conclusively yet. --WayneMokane (talk) 01:45, 4 April 2008 (UTC)