Challenges in ameliorating hunger while preventing obesity

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9844, 2012, Pages 787-789

  Gordon Larsen, Penny ^a   Jones Smith, Jessica ^b,c  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NOTE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 84865580421     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60909-X     Document Type: Note

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