Commentary: Ineffectiveness of Commercial Weight-Loss Programs for Achieving Modest but Meaningful Weight Loss: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Public Health
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2296-2565
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00067