*Geek Box: Adjusting for Total Energy Intake in Epidemiology Total energy intake is a critical factor to account for in …

*Geek Box: Carotenoids Carotenoids are a dizzying group of compounds, with over 600 known in nature. Carotenoids are pigments, and …

*Geek Box: Cohen’s d Measure of Effect Size The Cohen’s d is a measure of effect size, most commonly used …

*Geek Box: The Low FODMAP Diet The Low FODMAP Diet [LFD] is often referred to as a diet choice, the …

*Geek Box: Satiety Satiety is a complex  phenomenon, and presents a number of challenges for research. Satiety has been defined …

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

*Geek Box: Disability-Adjusted Life-Years [DALYs] While epidemiology tends to focus on ‘hard’ outcomes in terms of events, e.g., myocardial infarction …

*Geek Box: Odds Ratios, Relative Risk, & Hazard Ratios In epidemiology, the outcome of interest is typically a categorical event, …

*Geek Box: Arachidonic Acid Poor arachidonic acid. This 20-carbon length long-chain fatty acid has the dubious distinction of having a …

*Geek Box: Lipoproteins & Pathways of Cholesterol Regulation There are a number of relevant measures for blood lipids which are …