Scott P J
Academic Teaching Unit, Middlemore Hospital, Otahuhu, Auckland.
N Z Dent J. 1990 Jan;86(383):9-14.
Complex historical and other reasons account for public confusion concerning optimal nutritional practice. The mass media are not alone in presenting results of scientific work in non-scientific form. Health professionals, scientists, and people from industry have all contributed to the confusion concerning diet and the public good. Extrapolation from one situation to another, simplification of issues, and biased presentation of data, have intensified the problems. The limited perspective of many experts is frequently coupled with over-enthusiastic promotion of what are really hypotheses rather than established truths. The public good is not being served by the present confusing pattern of paradoxes. There is an urgent need for health professionals to review their presentations to the public such that emerging scientific knowledge is presented effectively in terms of a broad perspective.
复杂的历史和其他原因导致了公众对最佳营养实践的困惑。并非只有大众媒体以非科学的形式呈现科学研究成果。健康专家、科学家和行业人士都加剧了关于饮食与公共利益的困惑。从一种情况推断到另一种情况、对问题的简化以及数据的片面呈现，都使问题更加严重。许多专家有限的视角常常与对实际上只是假说而非既定事实的过度热情推广相结合。当前这种令人困惑的矛盾模式无助于公共利益。健康专家迫切需要审视他们向公众的表述方式，以便从更广阔的视角有效地呈现新出现的科学知识。
