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  • November 2003 (Revised March 2004)
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How Government Shaped the American Diet

By: David E. Bell, Stacey J. Bell and George L. Blackburn
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Abstract

American eating habits have changed over time. Reviews those changes, the role of government policy in affecting those changes, and the health consequences of obesity.

Keywords

Nutrition; Business And Government Relations; United States

Citation

Bell, David E., Stacey J. Bell, and George L. Blackburn. "How Government Shaped the American Diet." Harvard Business School Background Note 504-064, November 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
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David E. Bell

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