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‘Complexity’ as a rhetorical smokescreen for UK public health inaction on diet

N. Savonaa Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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C. Thompsonb Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0864-9811View further author information
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D. Smithc Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0650-6606View further author information
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S. Cumminsa Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3957-4357View further author information
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Pages 510-520 | Received 12 Apr 2019, Accepted 01 Apr 2020, Published online: 30 Apr 2020

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