The clinical nutrition case study is a neglected area of activity and publication. This may be in part because it is not regarded as a serious contributor to evidence-based nutrition (EBN). Yet it can play a valuable part in hypothesis formulation and in the cross-checking of evidence. Most of all, it is usually a point at which the operationalisation of nutrition evidence is granted best current practice status.
臨床營養之個案研究在施行與出版中是一個被忽視的領域。部分原因可能在 於，它不被視為實證營養學(EBN)之重要貢獻者。然而，它卻在假說成形與交 叉驗證中扮演重要角色。最重要的，在認為營養證據操作化乃是目前最好實 行方式下，個案研究確實有其意義。