The healthy weight commitment foundation trillion calorie pledge: Lessons from a marketing ploy?

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages e9-e10

  Mozaffarian, Dariush ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; EDITORIAL; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FRUIT; HUMAN; MARKETING; SEA FOOD; SOFT DRINK; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOUNDATIONS; HUMANS; MARKETING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920813147     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.07.029     Document Type: Note

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