PhilSci Forum: Birger Svihus

Lars Mørk

Birger Svihus, Professor in nutrition at UMB, presents a lecture in the PhilSci Forum: "Epidemiological darkness - How fallacious causality conclusions within nutrition research make us obese and ill". Wednesday 25 May, 12:15 – 14:00, Room T401, Tårnbygningen, UMB. Birger Svihus will give his lecture in English.

To derive causality from correlation is a well-known mistake. Still, correlation data from epidemiological studies are widely used within nutrition research to draw causal conclusions regarding diet and health. In this lecture, Birger Svihus will argue for that nutritional conclusions should be based on experimental data, and not observational correlations.

Birger Svihus Photo: Eivind Norum

Birger Svihus is Professor in nutrition at UMB. He has written the following books on obesity and nutrition: Fedmefaktor – Nøkkelen til mat og vektbalanse (Aschehoug 2007) og Slank med fedmefaktor (2008).

Updated: 23.05.11
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