Commentary: Obesity claims and controversies
Open Access
- 8 December 2005
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in International Journal of Epidemiology
- Vol. 35 (1) , 77-78
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyi258
Abstract
Campos et al.1 present four ‘claims’, which they regard as untrue. Below we react to their discussion.Keywords
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