In foods, energy is cheap where it is abundant and expensive where it is scarce: This is a fact, not an artifact

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1068-1069

  Darmon, Nicole ^a   Maillot, Matthieu ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CALORIC INTAKE; ENERGY; ENERGY COST; FOOD; FRUIT; HUMAN; LETTER; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; VEGETABLE; COST; DECISION MAKING; DIET; ECONOMICS; NOTE;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD; FRUIT; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 77950513097     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.29176     Document Type: Letter

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