Toward more comprehensive food labeling

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 371, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 193-195

  Kessler, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LAW; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SUGAR INTAKE;

FOOD LABELING; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84904248983     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1402971     Document Type: Article

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