Implications of the foresight obesity system map for solutions to childhood obesity

Obesity

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Finegood, Diane T ^a   Merth, Thomas D N ^a   Rutter, Harry ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b National Obesity Observatory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; FORECASTING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; NOTE; OBESITY; POLICY; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; FORECASTING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 75749097382     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.426     Document Type: Note

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