Symposium 1: Overnutrition: consequences and solutions Foresight Report: the obesity challenge ahead
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Symposium 1: Overnutrition: consequences and solutions. Foresight Report: the obesity challenge ahead.
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0029-6651,1475-2719
DOI: 10.1017/s0029665109991686