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Johns Hopkins researchers examine why people eat the foods they do
03-26-2007 · EurekAlert!Previous research has shown that people purchase foods based on their income level, their belief in a food’s health benefit and cost. However, ethnicity and gender also impact people’s food choices, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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