Obesity : Preventing and managing the global epidemic

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Year: 2000
Type: article
Issue: 894
Citations: 13045
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                                    D. S. Akram, 
                                
                                    Arne Astrup, 
                                
                                    Tola Atinmo
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2000). 
                            Obesity : Preventing and managing the global epidemic. 
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