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Prevalence of and risk factors for childhood overweight and obesity
Paul J. Veugelers and Angela L. Fitzgerald
CMAJ September 13, 2005 173 (6) 607-613; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.050445
Paul J. Veugelers
From the Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Veugelers) and the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS (Veugelers, Fitzgerald)
Angela L. Fitzgerald
From the Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Veugelers) and the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS (Veugelers, Fitzgerald)
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