Socio-economic position, social inequality, and weight-related issues

Preventing Eating-Related and Weight-Related Disorders: Collaborative Research, Advocacy, and Policy Change

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 249-267

  McLaren, Lindsay ^a   deGroot, Janet ^a   Adair, Carol E ^a   Russell Mayhew, Shelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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