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Population Nutrition, Health Promotion, and Government Policy

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Nutritional Health

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It is now generally accepted that lifestyle—diet, tobacco use, exercise—has a major impact on health, especially Western diseases. However, there is a world of difference between awareness of these facts and their translation into preventive action.

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Temple, N.J., Nestle, M. (2001). Population Nutrition, Health Promotion, and Government Policy. In: Wilson, T., Temple, N.J. (eds) Nutritional Health. Nutrition ◊ and ◊ Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-226-5_2

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