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Editorial
. 2012 Aug;96(2):227-8.
doi: 10.3945/ajcn.112.043349. Epub 2012 Jul 3.

School-based obesity-prevention interventions in low- and middle-income countries: do they really work?

Tom Baranowski
Editorial

School-based obesity-prevention interventions in low- and middle-income countries: do they really work?

Tom Baranowski. Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 Aug.
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