Let's call it as it is: on results, reach, and resolution in population-based obesity trials

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; and Centre for Community Child Health, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia melissa.wake@rch.org.au.
² Department of Pediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; and Centre for Community Child Health, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

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Melissa Wake et al. Pediatrics. 2014 Sep.

. 2014 Sep;134(3):e846-7.

doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-1940.

¹ Department of Pediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; and Centre for Community Child Health, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia melissa.wake@rch.org.au.
² Department of Pediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; and Centre for Community Child Health, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

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Keywords: (bias) epidemiology; BMI; clinical trials (epidemiology); data interpretation (statistical); obesity; screen time.

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