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. 2003 Sep;88(9):748–752. doi: 10.1136/adc.88.9.748

Health consequences of obesity

J Reilly 1, E Methven 1, Z McDowell 1, B Hacking 1, D Alexander 1, L Stewart 1, C Kelnar 1
PMCID: PMC1719633  PMID: 12937090

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