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Before starting on a weight-loss plan, or beginning or modifying an exercise program, check with your physician to make sure that the changes are right for you.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bittman, Mark.
     Food matters / Mark Bittman.
          p. cm
     1. Nutrition. 2. Sustainable living. 3. Food habits. 4. Food industry
and trade. 5. Agriculture. I. Title.
     RA784.B55    2008
     613.2—dc22                                    2008039593

ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-7897-0
ISBN-10: 1-4165-7897-8

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