Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 7 , Page 517 , July 2009

Interventions to prevent overweight and obesity in preschool children

,Accepted 5 February 2009.

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PII: S0033-3506(09)00091-2

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.04.001

Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 7 , Page 517 , July 2009

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