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. 2012 Dec 26;308(24):2563-5.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.108099.

Trends in the prevalence of extreme obesity among US preschool-aged children living in low-income families, 1998-2010

Liping Pan  1 , Heidi M Blanck, Bettylou Sherry, Karen Dalenius, Laurence M Grummer-Strawn
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Trends in the prevalence of extreme obesity among US preschool-aged children living in low-income families, 1998-2010

Liping Pan et al. JAMA. .
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