Is "permanent weight loss" an oxymoron?: The statistics on weight loss and the national weight control registry

The Fat Studies Reader

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 37-41

  Gaesser, Glenn ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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