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Einstein researchers: Do national dietary guidelines do more harm than good?
01-22-2008 · EurekAlert!Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University raise questions about the benefits of federal dietary guidelines. The researchers, led by Paul Marantz, M.D., MPH, associate dean for clinical research education at Einstein, outline their argument in the Jan. 22 online edition of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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