Cost-effective measures to prevent obesity: epidemiological basis and appropriate target groups
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Cost-effective measures to prevent obesity: epidemiological basis and appropriate target groups.
Cost-effective prevention strategies to prevent weight gain and the development of obesity should be based on appropriate knowledge of the determinants of weight gain. The body of evidence on the dietary determinants of weight gain is, however, fragmentary at best, partly because inappropriate research methods are used to study the determinants of obesity under normal circumstances. Evidence fr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0029-6651,1475-2719
DOI: 10.1079/pns2004402