Are you talking to me? the importance of ethnicity and culture in childhood obesity prevention and management

Childhood Obesity

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-27

  Peña, Michelle Marie ^a   Dixon, Brittany ^a   Taveras, Elsie M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 84856529149     PISSN: 21532168     EISSN: 21532176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/chi.2011.0109     Document Type: Review

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