[T]he salient question is whether the increasing awareness of [heart] disease beginning in the 1920s coincided with the budding of an epidemic or simply better technology for diagnosis.

Gary Taubes
[T]he salient question is whether the increasing awareness of [heart]...
[T]he salient question is whether the increasing awareness of [heart]...
[T]he salient question is whether the increasing awareness of [heart]...
[T]he salient question is whether the increasing awareness of [heart]...
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The salient question is whether the increasing awareness of heart disease beginning in the 1920s coincided with the budding of an epidemic or simply better technology for diagnosis.

Source: Good Calories, Bad Calories: Challenging The Conventional Wisdom On Diet, Weight Control, And Disease

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