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Healthy eating is at a supermarket near you

01-08-2007 · EurekAlert!

Supermarket "grocery store tours" could be the key to healthier lifestyles and prevent chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease concludes a study published in the Health & Fitness Journal.

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