Estimating the Effect of Adhering to the Recommendations of the 2019 Canada’s Food Guide on Health Outcomes in Older Adults: Protocol for a Target Trial Emulation
Published in JMIR Res Protoc, 2025
Recommended citation: Brassard D, Presse N, Chevalier S. Estimating the Effect of Adhering to the Recommendations of the 2019 Canada’s Food Guide on Health Outcomes in Older Adults: Protocol for a Target Trial Emulation. JMIR Res Protoc 2025;14:e65182 http://didierbrassard.github.io/files/Brassard_et_al_JMIR2025.pdf
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This study aims to describe the protocol for a target trial emulation in older adults, with an emphasis on key aspects of a hypothetical sustained diet and physical activity intervention.
R code for preparing tables and figures as well as the Quarto documents to generate the main text and supplemental material are publicly available on Github.
A presentation describing the key elements of the protocol is available in French.