Health and economic burden of the projected obesity trends in the USA and the UK.

By Y. C. Wang, K. McPherson, T. Marsh, S. Gortmaker, Martin Brown. The Lancet, 2011

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Subfields: Pharmacy, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery

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2. K. Miller
3. R. Siegel

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