Obesity prevention and health promotion: How family life educators view their role

Journal of Extension

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Lanigan, Jane ^a   Power, Thomas G ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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