Nutrition & You (4th Edition)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780134167541
Author: Joan Salge Blake
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 9TF
Summary Introduction
To examine: Whether the statement “A health claim must state the beneficial component that the food contains and the disease or condition that it can improve” is true or false.
Introduction: The health claim refers to the claims that are present on the labels that explain about the relationship between a food or dietary compounds and a disease or health-related conditions.
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