Fast-food menu offerings vary in dietary quality, but are consistently poor

Sharon I Kirkpatrick; Jill Reedy; Lisa L Kahle; Jennifer L Harris; Punam Ohri-Vachaspati; Susan M Krebs-Smith

doi:10.1017/S1368980012005563

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