The challenges of nutrition policymaking
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The challenges of nutrition policymaking
In my over three decades of work in the field of food and nutrition, I have participated in many efforts that seek new policy initiatives in the hopes that these programs can curb rates of obesity and chronic disease and help consumers make healthier dietary choices. Because of the profound effect that many of these policies have on consumers, the food environment, federal nutrition assistance ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nutrition Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1475-2891
DOI: 10.1186/s12937-015-0001-8