Why causality, and not prediction, should guide obesity prevention policy

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¹ Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. Electronic address: achiolero@gmail.com.

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Arnaud Chiolero. Lancet Public Health. 2018 Oct.

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¹ Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. Electronic address: achiolero@gmail.com.

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