Does the history of food energy units suggest a solution to "calorie confusion"?

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Hargrove, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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CALORIC INTAKE; CONFUSION; DIETITIAN; EDUCATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTERNET; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; SPEECH; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES; CALORIMETRY; FOOD PACKAGING; FRANCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NOMENCLATURE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; STANDARD;

CALORIMETRY; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD LABELING; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NUTRITIVE VALUE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39049109765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-6-44     Document Type: Review

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