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Eating is not easy when dinner is supposed to satisfy hunger, prevent metabolic syndrome, and save your community and the world. So maybe you decide to focus. You narrow your list of requirements for dinner down to just health. Ignore the other stuff. This should make things simpler, right?
Modern society’s untidy balance of costs and benefits for staying healthy
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Wu, S.Y. (2018). Tipping the Scales on Health. In: Eise, J., Foster, K.A. (eds) How to Feed the World. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-885-5_10
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