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Preventing or Improving Obesity by Addressing Specific Eating Patterns

Jessica L. J. Greenwood and Joseph B. Stanford
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2008, 21 (2) 135-140; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2008.02.070034
Jessica L. J. Greenwood
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