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References - Chapter 15

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313 2010 “Fortune 500” Report and International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, April 2010: Nominal GDP list of countries, (Data for the year 2009).
314 (*) http://www.cdrnet.org/about/index.htm
315 Please note that the American spelling of Dietitian has been changed to the UK spelling of Dietician for uniformity throughout the book.
316 (*) http://www.cdrnet.org/certifications/licensure/index.htm and http://www.anh-usa.org/playing-monopoly-with-our-health/
317 (*) Tennessee regulations: http://www.state.tn.us/sos/rules/0470/0470-01.pdf
318 (*) http://www.eatright.org/HealthProfessionals/content.aspx?id=7454&terms=sponsors (please note this page moved during the writing of this book, so you may need to go to the main ADA web site, eatright.org and enter “sponsors”). The 2008 Annual report was also used, as not all partners and sponsors were listed on the web site.
319 (*) Revenue figures were obtained from on line reports: wikinvest.com; finance.yahoo.com and bizjournals.com.
320 (*) http://www.kelloggs.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/?i=92
321 (*) http://www.nationalobesityforum.org.uk/about-us/our-partners.html
322 British Nutrition Foundation annual report 2008-09. Sustaining members noted as accurate as of 31 May 2009.
323 British Nutrition Foundation annual report 2008-09. Members noted as accurate as of 31 May 2009.
324 (*) http://www.nutrition.org.uk/aboutbnf/values/annual-report
325 (*) http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/British_Nutrition_Foundation
326 http://www.sugar-bureau.co.uk/pl_lwko.html
327 (*) http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/is-the-british-nutrition-foundation-having-its-cake-and-eating-it-too-1925034.html (22 March 2010).
328 (*) http://www.ilsi.org/Pages/AboutUs.aspx
329 (*) http://www.ilsi.org/documents/2010_ILSI_BOT.pdf
330 (*) Laura Barton, “A spoonful of propaganda”, The Guardian, 12 April (2002) http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,682864,00.html
331 (*) http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/1992/a34303.pdf
332 (*) http://www.nhs.uk/change4life/Pages/NationalPartnerActivity.aspx
333 (*) http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/in-depth-analysis/change4life-partners-raise-questions-over-who-will-reap-the-rewards/2063830.article
334 (*) http://www.awardscentre.org/about-asa-awards/
335 (*) http://209.20.80.25/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,,5157-1-1-117462-0-file,00.pdf
336 (*) http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/apr/09/coco-pops-healthy-snacks-children
337 http://www.zoeharcombe.com/2010/02/kelloggs-coco-pops-advert/
338 (*) http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1999/ukpga_19990028_en_1#pb1-l1g1
339 (*) http://www.netmums.com/food/The_Eatwell_Plate.738/
340 (*) http://www.food.gov.uk/aboutus/ourboard/boardmem/boardmembiogs/ (correct at June 2010).
341 Hannah Sutter, Big Fat Lies, Published by Infinite Ideas Ltd, (2010).
342 (*) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1220756/A-strange-lonely-troubling-death–.html
343 (*) http://www.sustainweb.org/pdf/Through_the_Back_Door.pdf
344 (*) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1244987/Millions-putting-health-risk-wrongly-diagnosing-food-allergies.html.
345 (*) http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jan/23/margarine-butter-health-wars
346 (*) http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/2010/05/21/6690/attending-weight-watchers-meetings-helps-reduce-the-risk-for-type-2-diabetes/
347 (*) http://express-press-release.net/70/Glamour-Partners-With-Kelloggs-Special-K-In-Year-Long-Carat-Deal.php
348 (*) http://www.junkfoodnews.net/mcdonalds-olympics.htm
349 (*) http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/golden-girl-just-wants-a-burger-with-chips-899766.html
350 (*) http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/heritage/olympicgames.html
351 (*) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cadbury-to-sponsor-london-2012-olympics-967688.html
352 Rebecca Wilcox, UK BBC 3, Who made me fat?, (30 October 2009). Repeated on BBC 1 (1 March 2010).