Preventing and Treating Adolescent Obesity: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine

Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. J Adolesc Health. 2016 Nov.

. 2016 Nov;59(5):602-606.

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.08.020.

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