Where is the science? What will it take to show that nutrient profiling systems work?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Townsend, Marilyn S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CONSUMER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; FOOD; HEALTH STATUS; NUTRIENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RACE; READING; REVIEW; SCIENCE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIET; FOOD; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; NUTRITIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 77950507424     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.28450F     Document Type: Review

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