Reaven, a metabolic endocrinologist at Stanford Medical Center, denigrates the study.
coast a coastline or seashore is the area where land meets the sea or ocean a precise line that can be called a coastline cannot be determined due to the dynamic nature of tides the term coastal zone can be used instead which is a spatial zone where interaction of the sea and land processes occurs
A pelagic coast refers to a coast which fronts the open ocean, as opposed to a more sheltered coast in a gulf or bay. A shore, on the other hand, can refer to parts of the land which adjoin any large body of water, including oceans (sea shore) and lakes (lake shore).