Unveiling the invisible: the power of MENA data in advancing health equity in the United States

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
² Department of Medicine-Division of Endocrinology-Neuroendocrine, Department of Pediatrics-Division of Endocrinology, MGH Weight Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard (NORCH), 4th Floor, Weight Center, 50 Staniford Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. fstanford@mgh.harvard.edu.

Sammer Marzouk et al. J Public Health Policy. 2024 Dec.

. 2024 Dec;45(4):803-806.

doi: 10.1057/s41271-024-00518-w. Epub 2024 Aug 15.

¹ Department of Medicine, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
² Department of Medicine-Division of Endocrinology-Neuroendocrine, Department of Pediatrics-Division of Endocrinology, MGH Weight Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard (NORCH), 4th Floor, Weight Center, 50 Staniford Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. fstanford@mgh.harvard.edu.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Conflict of interest: On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.

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