Nutrition is currently a hot topic amongst Cochrane Review users, which is demonstrated in Cochrane’s Where’s the Evidence? A list of top 10 Cochrane Reviews (completed in partnership with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research), in which six out of the 10 reviews are related to nutrition. Despite the incidence of nutrition-related reviews found in The Cochrane Library, few dietitians participate in the Cochrane peer-review process.

Cochrane Reviews are an important source of synthesized research for dietitians, as they are used to help guide their practice and keep up-to-date on the latest quality evidence. The Canadian Cochrane Centre and the Dietitians of Canada identified the need to increase the use of Cochrane Systematic Reviews among dietitians, and together, both groups decided that the first step to accomplishing this is to involve dietitians in the peer review process of Cochrane Reviews . . . more.