New York City's war on fat

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 2015-2020

  Mello, Michelle M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT; TRANS FATTY ACID;

CALORIC INTAKE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAT INTAKE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INFECTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CIVIL RIGHTS; FOOD PACKAGING; HEART DISEASE; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT;

CIVIL RIGHTS; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD LABELING; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; NEW YORK CITY; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESTAURANTS; TRANS FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 65649127119     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMhle0806121     Document Type: Article

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