Dietary guidelines and health - Is nutrition science up to the task?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 360, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Mozaffarian, Dariush ^a   Forouhi, Nita G ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; VITAMIN D; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT CONTROL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOW FAT DIET; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; NUTRITION POLICY; STANDARDS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 85044162639     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k822     Document Type: Article

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