Workplace-based organisational interventions to prevent and control obesity by improving dietary intake and/or increasing physical activity

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2018, Issue 7, 2018, Pages

  Christie, Janice ^a   O'Halloran, Peter ^b   Caan, Woody ^c   Cardwell, Chris R ^d   Young, Taryn ^e   Rao, Mala ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c Royal society for Public Health   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRACTION NOTICE;

EID: 84891661671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008546.pub2     Document Type: Article

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