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Slimming diets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Josefina B. Monteiro*
Affiliation:
Department of Nutrition and Health, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa MG, 36571.000, Brazil
Lyndel Costain
Affiliation:
The British Dietetic Association, 5th floor, Elizabeth House, 22 Suffolk Street, Queensway, Birmingham B1 1LS, UK
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*Corresponding author: Dr Josefina Monteiro, fax +55 31 899 25 41, email jbrm@mail.ufv.br
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2000

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