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Nathan Kettlewell, Senior lecturer, Economics Department, University of Technology Sydney

Netflix's You Are What You Eat uses a twin study. Here's why studying twins is so important for science

Still from You Are What You Eat. Netflix

A new Netflix documentary, You Are What You Eat, showcases sets of identical twins as they adopt different diets. For eight weeks one twin follows a vegan diet while the other one follows an omnivorous diet. The experiment is compelling because, being genetically identical, the health of each twin is very similar before the trial.

I won’t spoil the ending for those who haven’t seen it, but if you prefer the drab writings of academics over the glitz and glamour of Netflix, you can read the published paper in the journal JAMA Network Open.

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