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Comment
. 2020 Sep;288(3):363-364.
doi: 10.1111/joim.13132. Epub 2020 Jul 10.

Race, racism and disparities in obesity rates in the US

M J Nguemeni Tiako  1 , F C Stanford  2   3   4
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Race, racism and disparities in obesity rates in the US

M J Nguemeni Tiako et al. J Intern Med. 2020 Sep.
No abstract available

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Competing Interests: The authors report no competing interests related to this manuscript.

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  • Response to Tiako and Stanford.
    Gower BA, Adele Fowler L, Fernandez JR. Gower BA, et al. J Intern Med. 2020 Sep;288(3):365-367. doi: 10.1111/joim.13131. Epub 2020 Jul 13. J Intern Med. 2020. PMID: 32657497 No abstract available.

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