Unrealistic optimism about diet-related risks: implications for interventions
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Unrealistic optimism about diet-related risks: implications for interventions.
The Health of the Nation report (Department of Health, 1992) set targets for population dietary intake which will necessitate widespread changes in eating behaviour. The recent Committee on Medical Aspects of Health Policy report (Department of Health, 1994) indicates how these targets might be achieved by providing examples of practical strategies that people could adopt. However, despite the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0029-6651,1475-2719
DOI: 10.1079/pns19950073