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. 2012 Jan;16(1):4-6.

doi: 10.4103/2230-8210.91174.

Preventing obesity in India: Weighing the options

Ambika Gopalkrishnan Unnikrishnan¹, Sanjay Kalra, M K Garg

Affiliations

PMID: 22276246
PMCID: PMC3263196
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8210.91174

Preventing obesity in India: Weighing the options

Ambika Gopalkrishnan Unnikrishnan et al. Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Jan.

. 2012 Jan;16(1):4-6.

doi: 10.4103/2230-8210.91174.

Authors

Ambika Gopalkrishnan Unnikrishnan¹, Sanjay Kalra, M K Garg

Affiliation

¹ Department of Endocrinology, AIMS, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Cochin, India.

PMID: 22276246
PMCID: PMC3263196
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8210.91174

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A proposal for a multidisciplinary initiative to tackle the obesity epidemic. The bulleted points indicate the possible measures that could be taken by each important participant in the initiative

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