Children's meals in restaurants: Families need more help to make healthy choices

Childhood Obesity

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-33

  Wootan, Margo G ^a  

^a Center for Science in the Public Interest   (United States)

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EID: 84856528285     PISSN: 21532168     EISSN: 21532176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/chi.2011.0111     Document Type: Review

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