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Intergenerational Pathways Between Parental Experiences of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Child Weight: Implications for Intervention

Jerica M. Berge, Allan Tate, Amanda Trofholz and Alicia Kunin-Batson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine February 2023, 36 (1) 39-50; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.220134R1

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