The runaway weight gain train: too many accelerators, not enough brakes
- 23 September 2004
- Vol. 329 (7468) , 736-739
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.329.7468.736
Abstract
Obesity seems to be perpetuated by a series of vicious cycles, which, in combination with increasingly obesogenic environments, accelerate weight gain and represent a major challenge for weight managementKeywords
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