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The US food supply provides close to 4,000 calories a day per capita, an amount roughly twice the average need.
Practitioners should be aware of the excess caloric availability in the food supply.
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The US food supply provides close to 4,000 calories a day per capita, an amount roughly twice the average need.
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Preface to the Tenth Anniversary Edition of Food Politics
Marion Nestle · 2018
DOI 10.4324/9781315680347-30
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