I studied a study of the loss of the viral apple weight of the defective sciences

The small clinical experience was published in Access Open BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health In March 2024, its results were issued. The results of the study were born with widespread international attention at the time, and are still referred to frequently in media coverage.

The decline has been pushed through fears raised about the quality of work, including the statistical analysis approach; Unreasonable statistical values; Raw data reliability; Insufficient reporting to the roads; The lack of a potential trial registration, which violates the BMJ Editorial Policy.

Initially, fears were raised in study criticism, some of which were published as messages in the magazine. But after the review by the BMJ Group content safety team, the study was referred to statistical experts to evaluate its reliability. This included attempts to repeat the results and examine the validity of the basic data provided by the authors.

Statistics could not have been repeated the results and multiple analytical errors were identified. There were also violations in the data collection, and their report, which was attached to the decline notice, that the data collected from each participant will require more independent audit.

The authors said that the specific errors were sincere mistakes, but they agreed with the decision to retreat from the study.

“Although it is tempting to alert readers to a simple and apparently useful help, the results of the study are not reliable at the present time, and journalists and others should not use the results of this study in any future reports.”

She added: “This decline reflects our strategic and pre -emptive approach in investigating the concerns that have been raised about the content that we publish. We are behaving when necessary in favor of openness and the importance of correcting the scientific record.

“While we are dealing with allegations as quickly as possible, it is extremely important to follow legal procedures. Investigations are often complicated. This involves detailed auditing of data and correspondence with researchers, institutions and other experts, for example. It can take a sound, impartial and final decision for several months.”

Commenting BMJ feeding preventionHe explained: “After it is too late, this was the wrong decision to be taken. But the authors come from a scientific environment that was imperfect in food research and the magazine aims to give priority to high -quality evidence, which usually comes from clinical trials.

“This is relatively unusual in food research because it may be a challenge to the expression due to the number of participants and the time needed to obtain meaningful results.”