Xtreme eating awards 2013
Aaron Carroll January 17, 2013
Somehow I missed 2012. But not this year! The Center for Science in the Public Interest released their Xtreme Eating Awards for 2013. This is just the first entry:
Somehow I missed 2012. But not this year! The Center for Science in the Public Interest released their Xtreme Eating Awards for 2013. This is just the first entry:
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