A tentative step towards healthy public policy
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A tentative step towards healthy public policy.
H ealth has improved greatly in recent decades, both in the developed world and much of the developing world. Nevertheless, many health problems remain, and in particular, social inequalities in health are not diminishing. Recently there has been considerable concern about the rapid increase in obesity and related conditions such as adult onset diabetes, yet the debate remains largely phrased i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0143-005X
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2004.023697