Obesity task force linked to WHO takes “millions” from drug firms
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Wisconsin Medical Society Obesity Task Force summary.
The Wisconsin Medial Society recognizes the tremendous burden obesity places on patients, their families, and our health care system, and that physicians play an essential role in the prevention and management of this problem. Therefore, the Society’s Board of Directors created the Obesity Task Force in April, 2004. The Task Force conducted nine monthly, hour-long teleconferences between July, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1412-a