"Junk Foods," "Treats," or "Pathogenic Foods"? A Call for Changing Nomenclature to Fit the Risk of Today's Diets

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 403-404

  Campbell, Norm R C ^a   Raine, Kim D ^b   McLaren, Lindsay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; TRANS FATTY ACID;

CANADA; DIET; EDITORIAL; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISABLED PERSONS; FOOD HABITS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE STYLE; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84863878696     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2011.11.019     Document Type: Editorial

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