Making Progress on the Global Crisis of Obesity and Weight Management

Overview

Journal BMJ

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2018 Jun 15

PMID 29898885

Citations 21

Authors

Michael E J Lean

Arne Astrup

Susan B Roberts

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