*Geek Box: The Dietary Inflammatory Index [DII] The DII was first utilised in 2009 and was based on available research …

*Geek Box: Chronotype & Social Jetlag To grasp these concepts a bit more, let’s dig into two distinct, but highly …

*Geek Box: Pathways of Liver Fat Accumulation In the fasted state, adipose tissue lipolysis (i.e., the breakdown of stored TGs …

*Geek Box: Glycaemic Index & Glycaemic Load Have you ever wondered, where does glucose go? Let’s use an example of …

*Geek Box: Case-Control Study Prospective cohort studies take a cohort of people from the population, and follow them prospectively, i.e., …

*Geek Box: Microbiome Terminology Many terms of often used, sometimes interchangeable, when reading about this topic. So it can be …

*Geek Box: Cluster Randomisation The present study had a design that is slightly different to the traditional method of randomisation, …

*Geek Box: Dietary Biomarkers The term “biomarker” means use of a specific biochemical measure that provides an indication of nutrient intakes. This isn’t always as straightforward …

*Geek Box: A Priori Indices in Nutritional Epidemiology Most approaches to dietary assessment in nutritional epidemiology focus on foods and …

*Geek Box: Network Meta-Analysis In a traditional meta-analysis, single studies are compiled together to obtain an overall summary of effect …