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Primary Care of Overweight Children: The Importance of Parent Weight and Attitudes about Overweight: A MetroNet Study
Rosalie F. Young, Kendra L. Schwartz, Joseph C. Monsur, Patricia West and Anne Victoria Neale
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine July 2008, 21 (4) 361-363; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2008.04.080050
Rosalie F. Young
PhD, MA
Kendra L. Schwartz
MD, MSPH
Joseph C. Monsur
BS
Patricia West
PhD
Anne Victoria Neale
PhD, MPH
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Primary Care of Overweight Children: The Importance of Parent Weight and Attitudes about Overweight: A MetroNet Study
Rosalie F. Young, Kendra L. Schwartz, Joseph C. Monsur, Patricia West, Anne Victoria Neale
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Jul 2008, 21 (4) 361-363; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2008.04.080050
Primary Care of Overweight Children: The Importance of Parent Weight and Attitudes about Overweight: A MetroNet Study
Rosalie F. Young, Kendra L. Schwartz, Joseph C. Monsur, Patricia West, Anne Victoria Neale
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Jul 2008, 21 (4) 361-363; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2008.04.080050
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