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Comment
. 2014 Dec;10(6):542-4.
doi: 10.1089/chi.2014.0081.

Order of magnitude misestimation of weight effects of children's meal policy proposals

Andrew W Brown  1 , Kevin D Hall, Diana Thomas, Nikhil V Dhurandhar, Steven B Heymsfield, David B Allison
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Order of magnitude misestimation of weight effects of children's meal policy proposals

Andrew W Brown et al. Child Obes. 2014 Dec.
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    Freij M, Sell R, Weiss L. Freij M, et al. Child Obes. 2014 Dec;10(6):544-5. Child Obes. 2014. PMID: 25635284 No abstract available.

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