Keeping a watchful eye on the food giants and cleansing the temple of nutritional medicine and epidemiology

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  • Paulo Andrade Lotufo Universidade de São Paulo

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Paulo Andrade Lotufo, Universidade de São Paulo

MD, DrPH. Full Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

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2018-02-01

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Lotufo PA. Keeping a watchful eye on the food giants and cleansing the temple of nutritional medicine and epidemiology. Sao Paulo Med J [Internet]. 2018 Feb. 1 [cited 2025 Mar. 9];136(1):1-3. Available from: https://periodicosapm.emnuvens.com.br/spmj/article/view/1413

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