The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

Independent research. Not affiliated with any government, agency, or company.

Person

Ancel Keys (University of Minnesota; lead investigator, Seven Countries Study)

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • AGR-2.13: The Seven Countries Study followed 12,763 men in 16 cohorts in seven countries, and its authors’ 1986 report on 15 years of follow-up relates cohort death rates to dietary saturated fat while stating that causal relationships are not claimed.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 606 December 1986. Keys A, Menotti A, Karvonen MJ, et al.; American Journal of Epidemiology 124(6):903-915: The diet and 15-year death rate in the seven countries study