Calories count: But can consumers count on them?

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-316

  Van Horn, Linda ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; CONSUMER; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 79960490929     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1022     Document Type: Editorial

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