The consensus of experts is that calories and fat grams still count.
I can think of three hypotheses: Ignorance: They don't know that the consensus of experts is opposed.
People can't be expert in every subject, so we defer to the consensus of experts on many subjects.
The consensus of experts holds that the recession will end in the first half of next year.
But it is naive to think that presidential decision-making rests on the consensus of experts alone.
The decision to make simvastatin available over the counter was based on the consensus of experts that the benefits outweighed the risks.
The consensus of experts, in a report issued in May by the Institute of Medicine, is that only a nationwide, prevention-oriented approach will work.
The new laws reflect the growing consensus of experts that everyone has the right to know where they came from, for medical reasons and to assist with the development of a sense of self.
Specifically, it says, their decisions would be based on a patient's medical condition and medical records; "valid, relevant scientific evidence and clinical evidence, including peer-reviewed medical literature," and the consensus of experts on what treatments were appropriate.
As I understand it, the changes in the financial economy's regulatory environment most likely to have facilitated the crisis reflected the consensus of experts at the time of their implementation.
In the United States the principles are embodied in generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), which represent partly the consensus of experts and partly the work of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), a private body.
