Can government regulate portion sizes?

N Engl J Med

From the Department of Public Health and the Center for Obesity Research and Education, Temple University, Philadelphia (J.L.P.); and the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC (K.D.B.).

Published: November 2014

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