TITLE

TIME TRIP

PUB. DATE
November 2002
SOURCE
Current Events;11/8/2002, Vol. 102 Issue 10, p2
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Presents news items related to food habit of some people in the United States in light of an increase in obesity cases among Americans. Increase in the productivity of U.S. farms and volume of food.
ACCESSION #
8605532

Tags: FOOD habits;  OBESITY;  FARM produce

 

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