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What is a Healthy Diet? From Nutritional Science to Food Guides

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Suggested Further Reading

  1. Dietary Guidelines. This document is published by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA). It gives a summary of dietary advice. The latest edition was published in 2005 and has a length of about 70 pages. Available from http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines.

  2. Temple NJ, Wilson T, Jacobs DR, Jr (eds). Nutritional Health: Strategies for Disease Prevention, 2nd ed. Humana Press, NJ, 2006.

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  1. Centre for Science, Athabasca University, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada

    Norman J. Temple PHD

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  1. Dept. Biology, Winona State University, Winona, 54603, U.S.A.

    Ted Wilson

  2. Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Perkins Rd. 6400, Baton Rouge, 70808, U.S.A.

    George A. Bray

  3. Centre for Science, Athabasca University, Athabasca, T9S 3A3, Canada

    Norman J. Temple

  4. Dept. Foods & Nutrition, College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown, 07960, U.S.A.

    Maria Boyle Struble

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Temple, N.J. (2010). What is a Healthy Diet? From Nutritional Science to Food Guides. In: Wilson, T., Bray, G., Temple, N., Struble, M. (eds) Nutrition Guide for Physicians. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-431-9_11

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