Soft Drink Intake in Europe-A Review of Data from Nationally Representative Food Consumption Surveys

Janette Walton1, Anna Wittekind2

  • 1Department of Biological Sciences, Munster Technological University, T12 P928 Cork, Ireland.

Nutrients
|March 29, 2023
PubMed

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