Whose fault is it we're getting fat? Obesity in the United States

Public Policy Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-36

  Rashad, Inas ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; HEALTH POLICY; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 25444474220     PISSN: 17445396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-540X.2005.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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