Fast and supersized: Is the answer to diet by fiat?

Hastings Center Report

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 11-12

  Gostin, Lawrence O ^a,b,c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ctr for Law and the Public's Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIC INTAKE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIET; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LIFESTYLE; LIPID DIET; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAX; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 19544380590     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3527755     Document Type: Short Survey

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