Encyclopedia of Diets - A Guide to Health and Nutrition

Gale Encyclopedia of Diets: A Guide to Health and Nutrition

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The Gale encyclopedia of diets : a guide to health and nutrition / Jacqueline L. Longe, editor.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-4144-2991-5 (set) -- ISBN 978-1-4144-2992-2 (vol. 1) -- ISBN 978-1-4144-2993-

(vol. 2)

1. Nutrition--Encyclopedias. 2. Diet--Encyclopedias. 3. Health--Encyclopedias.
   I. Longe, Jacqueline L. II. Thomson Gale (Firm) III. Title: Encyclopedia of diets.
   RA784.G345 2007
   613.203--dc22 2007014851

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