Childhood obesity in Massachusetts: costs, consequences and opportunities for change.
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Lessons Learned by Community Stakeholders in the Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (MA-CORD) Project, 2013–2014
INTRODUCTION Childhood obesity is a multifaceted disease that requires sustainable, multidimensional approaches that support change at the individual, community, and systems levels. The Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration project addressed this need by using clinical and public health evidence-based methods to prevent childhood obesity. To date, little information is known ab...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Issue brief
دوره 35 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008