The fattening truth about restaurant food

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7680, 2008, Pages 1198-1199

  McColl, Karen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATERING SERVICE; CONSUMER; FAST FOOD; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LAW; NUTRITION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CALIFORNIA; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD; FOOD LABELING; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; MENU PLANNING; NEW YORK CITY; OBESITY; RESTAURANTS;

EID: 57349142990     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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