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. 2016 Feb;91(2):164.
doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001041.

Obesity Education Beyond Nutrition Education: Thinking Farther Outside the Box

Fatima Cody Stanford  1 , Theodore K Kyle
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Obesity Education Beyond Nutrition Education: Thinking Farther Outside the Box

Fatima Cody Stanford et al. Acad Med. 2016 Feb.
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