The Time Has Come to Reconsider the Quantitative Sugar Guidelines and Related Policies

Overview

Journal NPJ Sci Food

Publisher Springer Nature

Date 2024 Nov 2

PMID 39487154

Authors

Jimmy Chun Yu Louie

Affiliations

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