Do Dietary Guidelines Explain the Obesity Epidemic?

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 263-265

  Woolf, Steven H ^a   Nestle, Marion ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIET; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

EID: 38949147438     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2007.12.002     Document Type: Note

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