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The Joint WHO/FAO Expert Consultation on diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases: process, product and policy implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2007

Chizuru Nishida*
Affiliation:
Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
Ricardo Uauy
Affiliation:
Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Shiriki Kumanyika
Affiliation:
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Prakash Shetty
Affiliation:
Nutrition Planning, Assessment and Evaluation Service, Food and Nutrition Division, FAO, Rome, Italy
*
*Corresponding author: Email nishidac@who.int
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