Policy and healthy weight

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 3 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Dwyer, Johanna ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

fatness; Healthy weight; nutrition; obesity; outcomes; policy

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL VALUE; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030003691     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/63.3.415     Document Type: Conference Paper

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