Functional foods and health claims: a public health policy perspective
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Functional foods and health claims: a public health policy perspective.
OBJECTIVE To propose a policy framework for the regulation of functional foods and health claims within a public health context. DESIGN This article reviews the empirical evidence and public health principles associated with functional foods and health claims to analyse the issues, challenge the assumptions that have emerged and explore options for moving forward. SETTING Functional foods a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Nutrition
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1368-9800,1475-2727
DOI: 10.1079/phn19980013