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There is an urgent need for the policy discourse and public health practice to catch up with nutrition paradigms.
Public health practitioners should prioritize updating policies to reflect current nutrition science.
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Nutrition paradigms have shifted in the last few decades, and now there is an urgent need for the policy discourse and public health practice to catch up.
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The claim is based on a comprehensive overview of the current state of nutrition policy.
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Food and nutrition
Roger Shrimpton et al. · 2021
DOI 10.1093/med/9780198816805.003.0013
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