Can "low-fat" nutrition labels lead to obesity?

Journal of Marketing Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 605-617

  Wansink, Brian ^a   Chandon, Pierre ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b INSEAD

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EID: 33750812846     PISSN: 00222437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jmkr.43.4.605     Document Type: Article

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