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Review
. 2004 Sep 25;329(7468):736-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7468.736.

The runaway weight gain train: too many accelerators, not enough brakes

Boyd Swinburn  1 , Garry Egger
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Review

The runaway weight gain train: too many accelerators, not enough brakes

Boyd Swinburn et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Obesity seems to be perpetuated by a series of vicious cycles, which, in combination with increasingly obesogenic environments, accelerate weight gain and represent a major challenge for weight management

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The runaway weight gain train
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