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The Role of Preventive Nutrition in Clinical Practice

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Preventive Nutrition

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The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.

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Yacoub, A., Karmally, W. (2015). The Role of Preventive Nutrition in Clinical Practice. In: Bendich, A., Deckelbaum, R. (eds) Preventive Nutrition. Nutrition and Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22431-2_40

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