Weight gain, physical activity and dietary changes during the seven months of first-year university life in Malawi
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2012;25(3) S Afr J Clin Nutr Takomana G, BSc, MSc Student in Food Science and Human Nutrition Kalimbira AA, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Human Nutrition Department of Home Economics and Human Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Bunda College of Agriculture, University of Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi Correspondence to: Alexander Kalimbira, e-mail: [email protected]
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