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. 2017 Nov/Dec;132(2_suppl):7S-8S.
doi: 10.1177/0033354917719442.

Childhood Obesity in Georgia

David Satcher  1
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Childhood Obesity in Georgia

David Satcher. Public Health Rep. 2017 Nov/Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: childhood obesity; disparities; prevention.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

References

    1. Georgia Department of Public Health. Georgia Shape. 2017. https://dph.georgia.gov/georgia-shape. Accessed May 11, 2017.
    1. Official Code of Georgia Annotated, §20-2-777 (2009).
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