Preventing obesity through school based approaches to improve nutrition

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Miranda Pallan et al. BMJ Med. 2023.

. 2023 Jan 17;2(1):e000463.

doi: 10.1136/bmjmed-2022-000463. eCollection 2023.

¹ Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

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