Obesity and virtue. Is staying lean a matter of ethics?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 171, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 609-610

  Burry, John N ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ETHICS; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; HUMAN; OBESITY; RESPONSIBILITY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0033530711     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb123818.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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