Childhood Obesity Prevention - Focusing on Population-Level Interventions and Equity

. 2024 Feb 22;390(8):681-683.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2313666. Epub 2024 Feb 17.

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences (S.L.G., D.R.W.), and the Department of Health Policy and Management (S.N.B.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston.

Steven L Gortmaker et al. N Engl J Med. 2024.

. 2024 Feb 22;390(8):681-683.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2313666. Epub 2024 Feb 17.

¹ From the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences (S.L.G., D.R.W.), and the Department of Health Policy and Management (S.N.B.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston.

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