The Nutrition Connection: Why Doesn't the Public Know?.

Crawford, Patricia

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Publication Date: 1988

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The Nutrition Connection: Why Doesn't the Public Know?

Crawford, Patricia

American Journal of Public Health, v78 n9 p1147-8 Sep 1988

For more than 35 years, research has increasingly linked our nation's diet to heart disease and cancer--the nation's top two killer diseases. Yet there is no well-organized, vigorous effort to improve American eating habits. A National Nutrition Coalition should be established to educate the public. (BJV)

Descriptors: Cancer, Health Activities, Health Education, Health Needs, Health Programs, Heart Disorders, Medical Education, Nutrition, Nutrition Instruction, Physical Health, Policy Formation, Program Development, Public Health

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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