A Commentary on Weighing the Options: Criteria for Evaluating Weight-Management Programs
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Weighing the options: criteria for evaluating weight-management programs. The Committee to Develop Criteria for Evaluating the Outcomes of Approaches to Prevent and Treat Obesity.
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عنوان ژورنال: Obesity Research
سال: 1995
ISSN: 1071-7323
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1995.tb00194.x