The Freshman 15: A Critical Time for Obesity Intervention or Media Myth?

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1389-1407

  Zagorsky, Jay L ^a   Smith, Patricia K ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

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EID: 84864000776     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2011.00823.x     Document Type: Article

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